Nineveh Plains offensive
| Nineveh Plains Offensive | |||||||
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| Part of the War in Iraq (2013–2017) and the War against the Islamic State | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Kurdistan Region Canada Military support: Turkey Air support: France United Kingdom United States | Islamic State | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Peshmerga CSOR | Military of ISIL | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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Unknown number of Kurdish Peshmerga 69 Canadian special forces | 300+ ISIL fighters | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 6+ Peshmerga fighters killed | 250+ ISIL fighters killed | ||||||
The Nineveh Plains offensive was a battle in which the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) mounted a multi-front attack against Peshmerga forces in the area north and east of Mosul, in December 2015. The attack—the most significant ISIL military operation in the area in months, was successfully repelled by the Kurdish forces and was followed by a coalition air counter-offensive.