The Campaign for Mosul: October 29-31, 2016
October 31, 2016 - Emily Anagnostos![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/Campaign%20for%20Mosul%20Map%20Turkey%20October%2031-01_1.png?itok=xFaG5UZp)
The Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) reached Mosul’s eastern city limits on October 31 to begin the initial push into the city. Meanwhile, Iraqi Shi’a militias, including Iranian proxies and U.S.-designated terrorist groups, opened up a western axis on October 29 with the intention to retake Tel Afar, west of Mosul.