Battle of Baiji (2014–2015)

Battle of Baiji (2014–2015)
	Part of War in Iraq and; the Salahuddin campaign
	; Baiji's oil facilities were one of the most intensely contested areas during the fighting against ISIL
Date	29 October 2014 – 22 October 2015; (11 months, 3 weeks and 2 days)
Location	Baiji, Saladin Governorate, Iraq
Result	Decisive Iraqi and allied victory Iraqi Army takes control of Baiji and breaks the siege of the oil refinery in mid-November 2014; ISIL recaptures the city and re-establishes the siege of the oil refinery in late December 2014; Iraqi forces fully recaptures the city in late October 2015;
Belligerents
Iraq Airstrikes:; United States; United Kingdom; Canada	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders
Lt. Gen. Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi; Col. Saleh Jaber; Maj. Gen. Ayub Khalif †; Hadi al-Amiri; Qais Khazali; Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis; Qasem Soleimani	Abu Suleiman; (Replacement Military Chief); Abu Nabil al-Anbari; (ISIL governor of the Saladin Governorate); Abu Ibrahim al-Shishani † ; (ISIL commander of the Baiji Oil Refinery forces); Khalaf Eidan † (ISIL Emir of Baiji)
Units involved
Iraq: Iraqi Security Forces Armed Forces Army; Special Operations Forces; ; Federal Police Mosul Battalion; ; ; Popular Mobilization Forces Shia militias Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq; Kata'ib Hezbollah; Badr Brigades; Harakat Ahrar al-Iraq; ; ; Iran Air Force; Quds Force; United States: United States Air Force; United Kingdom: Royal Air Force; Canada: Royal Canadian Air Force;	Military of ISIL
Strength
15,000 fighters 5,000 Iraqi soldiers and policemen; 10,000 Shi'ite militiamen;	1,500+ fighters
Casualties and losses
2,500+ killed, hundreds wounded	2,020+ killed
	197+ killed and 122 wounded; 7 civilians executed by ISIL

The Battle of Baiji took place in Baiji, Iraq, lasting from late October 2014 to late October 2015. In mid-November 2014, Iraqi forces retook the city of Baiji, and re-entered the Baiji Oil Refinery. However, fighting continued in the region, and on 21 December 2014, ISIL forces took Baiji and put the Baiji oil refinery under siege once again, before Iraqi forces recaptured the city on 22 October. It gave Iraqi forces complete control of the highway stretching from Baghdad to Baiji, and allowed Iraqi forces to use Baiji as a base for launching a future assault on Mosul.

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