Battle of Zumar

Battle of Zumar
	Part of the Northern Iraq offensive (August 2014)
Date	1August–25 October 2014; (3 days)
Location	Zummar subdistrict, Nineveh Province, Iraq
Result	Peshmerga victory
Belligerents
Iraqi Kurdistan Peshmerga;	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders
Unknown	Amir Mohammed Abdul Rahman al-Mawli al-Salbi
Strength
unknown	unknown
Casualties and losses
14 killed (Kurdish claim); 281 killed (IS claim)	100 killed; 38 captured (Kurdish claim)

The Battle of Zumar was fought between the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and Kurdish Peshmerga troops over the city of Zumar in Nineveh province in northern Iraq. It started when IS launched an offensive on Zummar from 1–4 August 2014, resulting in its capture. On 25 October, after US airstrikes, Kurdish Peshmerga troops succeeded in recapturing the city, after an unsuccessful attempt to hold it in September.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.