The Campaign for Mosul: ISIS Counterattacks in Kirkuk, October 21, 2016
October 21, 2016 - Emily Anagnostos![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/Campaign%20for%20Mosul%20Map%20Turkey%20October%2021%20LOW-01_1.png?itok=qmk2BKBn)
ISIS launched a major counter-attack in Kirkuk Province in response to advances by Iraqi and Kurdish security forces towards Mosul on October 20 and 21.