2023 Makhmour clashes

2023 Makhmour clashes
Part of Iraqi-Kurdish conflict
Iraqi Counter Terrorism in Qarachugh Mountain
DateOctober 22, 2023
(1 day)
Location
Makhmur, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq
Result

Ceasefire

  • Iraqi Army and Peshmerga agree to share control of military positions in Makhmur[1][2]
Belligerents
Peshmerga Iraq Iraqi army
Commanders and leaders
Saleh Zrari †
Ghazi Faisal †		 Unknown
Casualties and losses
4 killed
5 wounded[3][4]		 2 killed
6 wounded[3]

The Makhmour clashes (October 22, 2023) were a series of armed clashes which began between Peshmerga and the Iraqi army in the Kurdish majority town of Makhmour and its surrounding northwestern mountain range.

  1. ^ "Iraq Security and Humanitarian Monitor". enablingpeace.org.
  2. ^ "Peshmerga, Iraqi army to share control of Makhmour military posts". Rudaw.
  3. ^ a b "Sudani urges restraint after Iraqi, Kurdish Makhmour clashes". rudaw.net. Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  4. ^ "Qarachugh clashes: struggle to control strategic, military and economic region". KirkukNow.