Western Nineveh offensive (2017)

The 2017 Western Nineveh offensive, code-named Operation Muhammad, Prophet of God, was launched by the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) against the Islamic State (IS) in the western Nineveh province of northern Iraq in late April 2017. == The offensive == === Push to the southwest === PMF forces launched their offensive against IS on 25 April, some 100 kilometers southwest of Mosul.