Battle of Kirkuk (2014)

Battle of Kirkuk (2014)
	Part of the War in Iraq and the Northern Iraq offensive (June 2014)
Date	17–18 June 2014; (1 day)
Location	Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq
Result	Peshmerga victory ISIL offensive failed and withdrew out of the city.; ISIL captured at least 4 villages.;
Belligerents
Iraqi Kurdistan Peshmerga; CJTF–OIR	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders
Masoud Barzani (President of Iraqi Kurdistan)	Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Self-declared "Caliph" of ISIL)
Casualties and losses
unknown	unknown

The Battle of Kirkuk (2014) was an offensive launched by ISIL against the Peshmerga forces.

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