Battle of Zumar

Battle of Zumar
Part of the Northern Iraq offensive (August 2014)
Date1 August – 25 October 2014 (2 months, 3 weeks and 3 days)
Location
Zummar subdistrict, Nineveh Province, Iraq
Result

Peshmerga victory

  • Peshmerga counterattack successful
Belligerents

 Kurdistan Region

 Islamic State
Commanders and leaders
Unknown Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi[1]
Strength
unknown unknown
Casualties and losses
14 killed 100 killed
38 captured

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.[2][3] On 25 October, after US airstrikes, Kurdish Peshmerga troops succeeded in recapturing the city, after an unsuccessful attempt to hold it in September.[4]

  1. ^ Al-Tamimi, Aymenn (11 September 2023). "A Brief Biography of Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi: The Islamic State's Second Caliph". Middle East Forum. Retrieved 23 September 2023.
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  4. ^ "Kurdish forces retake north Iraqi town from Islamic State". Reuters. 25 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-10-10. Retrieved 2017-06-30.