December 2014 Sinjar offensive

Sinjar offensive

Part of the Iraq War (2014–present), Spillover of the Syrian Civil War, and the American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–present)

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Map of the Sinjar offensive

Date

17–22 December 2014
(6 days)

Location

Nineveh Province, Iraq

Result

Some Kurdish progress:

Kurdish forces secured the road from Zummar to Sinjar, but don't succeed to control the whole of the Sinjar mountains
Kurdish forces capture a part of Sinjar city
A total of 1,295–3,000 square kilometers (500–1158 square miles) of mostly desert and highway are recaptured by Kurdish forces
YPG and YBŞ cut the connection of ISIS of Raqqa and Mosul in Şengal.

Belligerents

Iraqi Kurdistan

Peshmerga

PKK

HPG
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Air support:

Other Support:

Germany

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Commanders and leaders

Murat Karayilan

Sheikh Khairy Khedr †

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Leader)

Abu Suleiman al-Naser (Replacement Military Chief)

Strength

8,000 Peshmerga soldiers

12,000 in mosul province

Casualties and losses

Unknown

~1,000+ killed (Peshmerga claim)

Some Kurdish progress:

Iraqi Kurdistan

PKK

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