page_title: Timeline of the Battle of Mosul (2016–17): Phase Two
section_title: Interlude
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of the Battle of Mosul (2016–17): Phase Two / Interlude
caption_attribution_description: English: Eastern Mosul (February 2017) Русский: Жизнь в восточном Мосуле (Ферваль 2017)
context_page_description: The following is a timeline of the Battle of Mosul (2016–17) between December 2016 to February 2017.
context_section_description: 25 January
  Col. Khaled al-Jewari, from the Joint Operations Command, told DPA that ISIL executed a qadi (senior judge), along with other combat commanders, for escaping from the battle for eastern Mosul.
  Meanwhile, the PMU announced that they took over Tel Shana, a strategic hill in Salahuddin, after killing dozens of IS militants. It added that PMUs also took over the villages of ِArab Leith, Mohamed al-Awad and Ard Mosaltan after intense fights with the extremist group.
  28 January
  The PMU's 2nd Brigade announced that they repelled an attack launched by ISIL on the al-Kobayrat area, to the west of Mosul, killing 40 militants.
  30 January
  Iraqi state TV reported that the PMU killed 35 ISIL members west of Mosul.
  3 February
  On 3 February, the PMU announced that they had captured the villages of Bostan Radif and Um Gharba, as well as the Sherka region of western Mosul.
  13–16 February
  On 13 February, more than 200 ISIL fighters launched an attack on three villages to the west of Tal Afar, with tanks and VBIEDs, to regain access between western Mosul and Raqqa. The attack was repelled by the PMU, resulting in deaths of more than 50 ISIL fighters and the destruction of 17 VBIEDs. Another attack on a village to the south of the area was repelled, resulting in deaths of 13 militants, according to the Federal Police. Airstrikes by the anti-ISIL coalition killed Haqi Ismail Hamid al-Emri, a former member of al-Qaeda in Iraq who played a leadership role of ISIL's security networks in Mosul.
  Evening Standard reported that on 16 February, RAF Typhoons carried out an airstrike with two Paveway IVs guided bombs targeted and destroyed an IS headquarters in the north-western outskirts of the city.
caption: Eastern Mosul, February 2017
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