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Battle of Kirkuk (2016)
| Battle of Kirkuk (2016) | |||||||
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| Part of the War in Iraq (2013–2017) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Islamic State | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Brig. Simko Rabati[3](Kirkuk security commander) Idris Rafaat[3](Kirkuk security official) Brig. Gen. Sarhad Qadir[3](suburban police chief) Polad Talabani[4](Peshmerga Counterterrorism Group commander) Lahur Talabany[4](head of Zanyari)[5] |
Abu Islam (POW)[4] (operations leader)[2] Abu Qudama †[6](Kirkuk raid commander) Nizar Mahmud Abdul Ghani (POW)[7] | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown | 100 militants[2] | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 76 killed[4] | 84 killed[4] and several captured[2] | ||||||
| 21 civilians killed, 265+ security forces members and civilians wounded overall[4] | |||||||
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The Battle of Kirkuk took place in the city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq between Kurdistan and allies and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.[1] The battle occurred less than a week after the beginning of the Battle of Mosul launched by Iraqi security forces and allies.
- ^ a b "Clashes between Kurdish forces and ISIS in south Kirkuk". ANF News. ANF News. Archived from the original on 2020-11-08. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
- ^ a b c d e "IRAQI FORCES KILL 74 ISIS FIGHTERS IN KIRKUK, ENDING THREE-DAY ASSAULT". Newsweek. 24 October 2016.
- ^ a b c "LIVE UPDATES: ISIS attacks Kirkuk". Rudaw. 22 October 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Michael R. Gordon (29 October 2016). "Seeking Clues to ISIS Strategy in Corpses and Cellphones Left in Kirkuk". The New York Times.
- ^ "Lahur Talabani". The Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
- ^ a b "Islamic State militants behind Kirkuk attack arrested, ringleader killed". ARA News. 25 October 2016. Archived from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ "Saddam's cousin arrested for participating in ISIS attack on Kirkuk". Iraqi News. 25 October 2016.
- ^ "ISIS attacks Kirkuk in attempt to delay Hawija operation, distract Mosul campaign". ARA News. 22 October 2016. Archived from the original on 26 September 2017. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
- ^ "Kirkuk raid offers glimpse of post-caliphate IS: Analysts".
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