Battle of Kirkuk (2014)

Battle of Kirkuk (2014)
	Part of the Northern Iraq offensive (June 2014) during the War in Iraq (2013–2017)
Date	17 July–26 November 2014; (4 months, 1 week and 2 days)
Location	Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq
Result	Kurdish victory; ISIL offensive is repelled multiple times; ISIL temporarily captures at least 4 villages;
Belligerents
Kurdistan Region ; Kurdistan Workers' Party ; CJTF–OIR (air support)	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders
Masoud Barzani (President of Iraqi Kurdistan) ; Shirko Rauf (Brigadier General) ; Sherko Fatih Shwani (Major General)	Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Self-declared "Caliph" of ISIL)
Units involved
Peshmerga; People's Defence Forces; Counter-Terrorism Group; Federal Police; Local gunmen;	Military of the Islamic State
Casualties and losses
Many killed and injured	Hundreds killed and injured
	At least 17 civilians killed and more than 20 injured in a ISIL car bombing

In the Battle of Kirkuk (2014) the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) launched a series offensives against Peshmerga forces in Kirkuk city and its surrounding areas, which lasted from July 2014 to November 2014.