 Complete the following phrase:  After more than two years of ISIL occupation of Mosul, Iraqi, Kurdish, American and French forces launched a joint offensive to recapture it on 16 October 2016. The battle for Mosul was considered key in the military intervention against ISIL. Turkish warplanes participated in the coalition strikes on Mosul amid the escalating dispute between Baghdad and Ankara over the Turkish presence in Bashiqa. A military offensive to retake the city was the largest deployment of Iraqi forces since the 