<sod>'''Mosul''' ({{lang-ar|الموصل}} ''{{transl|ar|al-Mōṣul}}'', <small>[[North Mesopotamian Arabic|local pronunciation]]:</small> ''{{transl|ayp|el-Mōṣul}}'', {{lang-syr|ܡܘܨܠ|Māwṣil}}) is a city of normally about two and a half million people (2014 est.) in northern [[Iraq]], occupied since 10 June 2014 by the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIS).<ref>{{Cite web|title = UN News - Security Council calls for eradicating ISIL safe havens in Syria and Iraq|url = http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=52623#.VqlEzo_XKM8|website = UN News Service Section|date = 2015-11-20|access-date = 2016-02-24}}</ref><ref>"U.S. State Department list of foreign terrorist organizations".</ref><ref>Akyol, Mustafa (21 December 2015). "A Medieval Antidote to ISIS". ''New York Times''. Retrieved 4 January 2016.</ref> Mosul is the last remaining Iraqi city under ISIS control. The [[Battle of Mosul (2016)|Battle of Mosul]], a massive military offensive to re-take the city, began in October 2016, and is the largest deployment of Iraqi forces since the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|2003 invasion by U.S. and coalition forces]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hawramy|first1=Fazel|last2=Harding|first2=Luke|title=Iraqi and Kurdish forces close in on Mosul after making quick gains|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/20/mosul-attack-kurdish-forces-launch-large-scale-operation-against-isis-in-iraq|accessdate=20 October 2016|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=20 October 2016}}</ref><eod>
<sod>'''Mosul''' ({{lang-ar|الموصل}} ''{{transl|ar|al-Mōṣul}}'', <small>[[North Mesopotamian Arabic|local pronunciation]]:</small> ''{{transl|ayp|el-Mōṣul}}'', {{lang-syr|ܡܘܨܠ|Māwṣil}}) is a city of normally about two and a half million people (2014 est.) in northern [[Iraq]], governed since 10 June 2014 by the [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] (ISIS).<ref>{{Cite web|title = UN News - Security Council calls for eradicating ISIL safe havens in Syria and Iraq|url = http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=52623#.VqlEzo_XKM8|website = UN News Service Section|date = 2015-11-20|access-date = 2016-02-24}}</ref><ref>"U.S. State Department list of foreign terrorist organizations".</ref><ref>Akyol, Mustafa (21 December 2015). "A Medieval Antidote to ISIS". ''New York Times''. Retrieved 4 January 2016.</ref> Mosul is the last remaining Iraqi city under ISIS control. The [[Battle of Mosul (2016)|Battle of Mosul]], a massive military offensive to re-take the city, began in October 2016, and is the largest deployment of Iraqi forces since the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|2003 invasion by U.S. and coalition forces]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hawramy|first1=Fazel|last2=Harding|first2=Luke|title=Iraqi and Kurdish forces close in on Mosul after making quick gains|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/20/mosul-attack-kurdish-forces-launch-large-scale-operation-against-isis-in-iraq|accessdate=20 October 2016|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=20 October 2016}}</ref><eod>