White Flags
| White Flags | |
|---|---|
| Kurdish: ئاڵا سپییەکان | |
Variant flag of the White Flags | |
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| Dates of operation | 2017–2019 |
| Headquarters | Tuz Khurmatu |
| Active regions | Northern Iraq |
| Size | 500–1,000 |
| Part of | Ansar al-Islam (Iraqi gov. claim) |
| Allies | Islamic State |
| Opponents | |
| Wars | the War in Iraq (2013–2017) and the Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present) |
| Designated as a terrorist group by | Iraq |
The White Flags (Kurdish: ئاڵا سپییەکان, romanized: Alên Spî), also known as Sufyaniyyun (Kurdish: سوفیانیون, romanized: Sufyanîyûn), was an alleged Kurdish militant group in Iraq, and an offshoot of Ansar al-Islam, based in the disputed territories of northern Iraq. Their first purported appearance was during the Battle of Kirkuk in October 2017, when the federal government regained control of disputed territories which were taken by the Kurdistan Regional Government.