Battle of Sulaymaniyah (1991)

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Battle of Sulaymaniyah
Part of the 1991 uprisings in Iraq
Facade of Amna Suraka-Red Hous, Saddam-era prison and torture center destroyed in 1991 uprising
Date 5 March – 3 April 1991 Location Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan Result Rebel victory[3] Rebels initially capture the town Iraqi Army took back control on 3 April Rebels captured back in July [4]
Belligerents
Iraq Republican Guard Ba'ath Party loyalist forces	Peshmerga Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Kurdistan Democratic Party Brigades of the Council Movement[1] Kurdish mujahideen[2] Deserters from the Jash
Commanders and leaders
Saddam Hussein Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri Ali Hassan al-Majid Massoud Rajavi	Jalal Talabani Nawshirwan Mustafa Massoud Barzani Osman Hajy Marouf[1]
Strength
90,000	20,000
Casualties and losses
8,000 killed[5][3] 700 executed	7,000 killed

The Battle of Sulaymaniyah was one of the greatest battles fought during the 1991 uprisings in Iraq. Sulaymaniyah, a mostly Kurdish city with a population of over 100,000, was the first to be liberated by the rebels and the last to fall back to the Iraqi army.^[3] The city was then recaptured by Kurdish rebels, after the Peshmerga launched a new offensive on 20 July.