Battle of Sulaymaniyah (1991)

Battle of Sulaymaniyah
	Part of the 1991 uprisings in Iraq
	; Facade of Amna Suraka-Red Hous, Saddam-era prison and torture center destroyed in 1991 uprising
Date	5 March – 3 April 1991
Location	Sulaymaniyah, Iraqi Kurdistan
Result	Iraqi victory Rebels initially capture the town; Iraqi Army took back control on 3 April;
Belligerents
Iraq Republican Guard; Ba'ath Party loyalist forces;	Peshmerga Patriotic Union of Kurdistan; Kurdistan Democratic Party; Brigades of the Council Movement; Kurdish mujahideen; Deserters from the Jash;
Commanders and leaders
Saddam Hussein; Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri; Ali Hassan al-Majid; Massoud Rajavi	Jalal Talabani; Nawshirwan Mustafa; Massoud Barzani; Osman Hajy Marouf
Strength
90,000	20,000
Casualties and losses
8,000 killed; 700 executed	7,000 killed

The Battle of Sulaymaniyah was one of the greatest battles fought during the 1991 uprisings in Iraq. Sulaymaniyah, a mostly Kurdish city with a population of over 100,000, was the first to be liberated by the rebels and the last to fall back to the Iraqi army. The city was then recaptured by Kurdish rebels, after the Peshmerga launched a new offensive on 20 July.

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