Battle of Baiji (October–November 2014)

Battle of Baiji (October–December 2014)

Part of Iraq Civil War (2014–present) and
the Military intervention against ISIL and
the Salahuddin campaign (2014–15)

Date

29 October – 21 December 2014
(1 month, 3 weeks and 1 day)

Location

Baiji, Saladin Governorate, Iraq

Result

ISIL victory

Iraqi Army takes control of Baiji and breaks the siege of the oil refinery in mid-November 2014
ISIL recaptures the city and re-establishes the siege of the oil refinery in late December 2014

Belligerents

Iraq
Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq

Hezbollah

Iran

United States

United Kingdom

Canada

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Commanders and leaders

Haidar al-Abadi

Khaled Obeidi

Saleh Jaber
Akram al-Kabi

Abu Ayman al-Iraqi † (Head of Military Shura)
Abu Suleiman al-Naser (Replacement Military Chief)

Abu Muslim al-Turkmani (Deputy, Iraq) †

Abu Nabil
(ISIL governor of the Saladin Governorate)

Athir Masha'al Hamad † (Senior ISIL commander)

Wasfa Makhlaf Majul Abu Ubaidi † (Senior ISIL commander)

Units involved

Iraqi Armed Forces

Mosul Battalion

Shia militias
Qods Force

IRIAF

United States Air Force

Royal Air Force

Royal Canadian Air Force

Military of ISIL

Anti-Government Fighters

Casualties and losses

500+ killed

100+ killed