Battle of Sulaymaniyah (1991)

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
Date5 March – 3 April 1991
Location
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 Iraq

Kurdistan Region Peshmerga

Commanders and leaders
Iraq Saddam Hussein
Iraq Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri
Iraq 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.

  1. ^ a b "kurdish uprising (1991)". Dialectical-delinquents.com. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Why the Uprisings Failed". merip.org. 1992. Retrieved 2024-01-06.
  3. ^ a b c "The 1991 Uprising in Iraq And Its Aftermath". Hrw.org. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
  4. ^ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-15467672
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Peshmerga was invoked but never defined (see the help page).