Northern Iraq offensive (August 2014)

Northern Iraq offensive (August 2014)

Part of the Iraq War (2014–present) and
the Military intervention against ISIL

Date

1–19 August 2014 (2 weeks and 4 days)

Location

Iraqi Nineveh and Kirkuk provinces

Result

Partial ISIL victory

ISIL captures Sinjar, the Mosul Dam, and eight other towns
ISIL besieges Yazidi refugees on Mount Sinjar, but the siege is broken by Kurdish forces
Peshmerga and Iraqi special forces recapture the Mosul Dam, Mount Zartak and two towns
ISIL repels Iraqi military attack on Tikrit

Belligerents

Republic of Iraq

Assyrian/Syriac forces

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Commanders and leaders

Haider al-Abadi
Ali Ghaidan
Ahmed Saadi †
Hamid Majid Mousa

Masoud Barzani
Jaafar Sheikh Mustafa
Mustafa Said Qadir
Murat Karayılan
Cemil Bayık
Salih Muslim
Sipan Hamo
Polat Can
Gewargis Hanna
Yonadam Kanna

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Strength

25,000–30,000 (two army divisions)
10,000 federal police
30,000 local police
2,000 Iranian Quds Force
1,000 U.S. Troops

190,000–790,000

Islamic State: Around 100,000 fighters in Iraq (according to Iraqi Kurdistan Chief of Staff.)

Casualties and losses

14 killed (Zumar only)

100 killed, 160 wounded, 38 captured (Zumar only)

5,000 Yazidis killed 5,000–7,000 Yazidis abducted

Partial ISIL victory

Republic of Iraq

Assyrian/Syriac forces

Haider al-Abadi
Ali Ghaidan
Ahmed Saadi †
Hamid Majid Mousa

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