The Counter Terrorism Service is an independent, quasi-ministerial level organization separate from the Iraqi Ministry of Defense and Ministry of the Interior, tasked with counterterrorism.
ISOF-3 during training in Babylon, 2020
Counter-terrorism Training
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Counter-Terrorism Service units during a mission in 2021
Battle of Mosul (2016–2017)
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The Battle of Mosul was a major battle initiated by Iraq and allied forces to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic State, which had seized the city years prior in June 2014. It was the largest co
Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service
…The 3rd Special Operations Forces brigade (ISOF-3) was formed in spring 2013. In the Battle of Mosul that began in October 2016, the special ops forces were the first division into the city of Mosul, which had been occupied by Islamic State since 2014…
An Iraqi soldier during a course on chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense training at Camp Taji. Coalition forces expressed fears ISIL may use chemical weapons during the Battle of Mosul.
U.S. Lt. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend, commander of the Combined Joint Task Force, at Qayyarah Airfield West, 22 September 2016
Peshmerga soldiers prepare to conduct a combined arms live-fire exercise with an Italian instructor near Erbil, on 12 October 2016.
A U.S. Army M109A6 Paladin conducts a fire mission at Qayyarah Airfield West, in support of the Iraqi security forces' push toward Mosul, 17 October 2016.