The battle in Mosul of the international coalition against the ISIS is expected to become the largest battle fought in Iraq since the US-led operation in 2003. The international coalition battling to eradicate ISIS in Mosul is a disparate assembly, lacking true cohesion as each has its own reasons for fighting in this offensive. While Iraqi security forces have been attacking from the south, Kurdish forces from Iraqi Kurdistan have advanced from the east and north. While the Iraqi government wants to eliminate ISIS presence in Iraq, the Kurds have an additional motivethat of becoming an independent, internationally recognized state.”]
Source: https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/52672/terrorism/isis-battle-mosul.html