✦ History

Part of 2017 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict

Battle of Kirkuk (2017)

October 15–20, 2017 · Kirkuk Governorate

Result Iraqi victory

Iraqi government forces took Kirkuk and nearby oil fields from Kurdish forces after the Kurdistan independence referendum.

On the map Contemporaries

Iraq

Kurdistan Region

Iraq
PKK
Haider Al-Abadi belligerent leader Juma Inad military commander
Masoud Barzani military commander

Strength and losses

Captured
45

Units

Iraqi Army 9th Armoured Division (Iraq)