Nineveh Plains offensive

Nineveh Plains Offensive
	Part of the War in Iraq,; Military intervention against ISIL
Date	16–17 December 2015 (1 day)
Location	Nineveh Plains, Iraq
Result	Peshmerga and CSOR victory
Belligerents
Kurdistan Region; ; Canada ; Air support:; France; United Kingdom; United States	Islamic State
Units involved
Peshmerga; CSOR	Military of ISIL
Strength
Unknown number of Kurdish Peshmerga; ; 69 Canadian special forces	300+ ISIL fighters
Casualties and losses
6+ Peshmerga fighters killed	250+ ISIL fighters killed

The Nineveh Plains offensive was a battle in which the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) mounted a multi-front attack against Peshmerga forces in the area north and east of Mosul, in December 2015. The attack—the most significant ISIL military operation in the area in months, was successfully repelled by the Kurdish forces and was followed by a coalition air counter-offensive.^[1]

^ Missy Ryan and Loveday Morris. "Islamic State offensive in northern Iraq, although repelled, shows group’s resilience", The Washington Post, Irbil, 17 December 2015. Retrieved on 19 December 2015.

[WP2015-12-17-1] Missy Ryan and Loveday Morris. "Islamic State offensive in northern Iraq, although repelled, shows group’s resilience", The Washington Post, Irbil, 17 December 2015. Retrieved on 19 December 2015.

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