Battle of Kirkuk (2015)

Battle of Kirkuk (2015)
	Part of the War in Iraq (2013–2017)
	; Location in Iraq
Date	29 January – 1 February 2015; (3 days)
Location	Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq
Result	Kurdish victory; Kurds defend Kirkuk; Last major ISIL offensive on Kirkuk; Start of the Kirkuk counteroffensive by Kurdish forces;
Belligerents
Kurdistan Region ; Kurdistan Workers' Party ; CJTF–OIR (air support)	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ; Islamist Insurgents
Commanders and leaders
Masoud Barzani; (President of Iraqi Kurdistan); Maj. Gen. Hussein Mansour †; (Commander in Kirkuk); Brig. Gen. Sherko Fatih Shwani † ; Brig. Rasoul Qadi	Abu Khalid Al Ansari
Units involved
Peshmerga 1st Support Forces; 2nd Support Forces; 1st Brigade; 17th Brigade; ; People's Defence Forces; Counter-Terrorism Group; Federal Police; Local gunmen; Local security forces;	Military of the Islamic State
Strength
4,000+	450–700 ; 4 Inghimasi
Casualties and losses
~30 killed and 173 wounded	~108–253–400 killed and 140 wounded; +20 vehicles destroyed; 4 Inghimasi killed

In the Battle of Kirkuk (2015) the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) launched its biggest and last offensive against Kirkuk, Iraq, which at the time was guarded by a coalition of Kurdish forces including Peshmerga soldiers and fighters of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).