['< sod >\'\'\'mosul\'\'\'( { { lang - ar | الموصل } }\'\' { { transl | ar | al - mosul } }\'\', < small > [ [ north mesopotamian arabic | local pronunciation ] ] : < / small >\'\' { { transl | ayp | el - mosul } }\'\', { { lang - syr | [UNK] | mawsil } } ) 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 - foreign 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 - mosul } }\'\', < small > [ [ north mesopotamian arabic | local pronunciation ] ] : < / small >\'\' { { transl | ayp | el - mosul } }\'\', { { lang - syr | [UNK] | mawsil } } ) 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 >']