November 2015 Sinjar offensive | |||||||
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Part of the Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017), Spillover of the Syrian Civil War, and the American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–present) | |||||||
![]() Map of the concurrent offensives in al-Hawl and Sinjar, on 12 November 2015 | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Air support: MedEvac support: |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (Duhok region commander) ![]() (western area commander) ![]() ![]() (HPŞ chief commander) ![]() (YBŞ chief commander) ![]() (YJÊ chief commander) ![]() (PKK leader) ![]() ![]() (PKK field commander) ![]() (YPG supreme commander) |
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Units involved | |||||||
Iraqi Kurdistan: Sinjar Alliance: PKK: Rojava: United States: | Unknown | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
7,500+[14] | ~700[14] (in Sinjar city) | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Unknown |
300+ killed[22][23] 300+ wounded and captured [24][25] |
The November Sinjar offensive was a combination of operations of Kurdish Peshmerga, PKK, and Yezidi Kurd militias in November 2015, to recapture the city of Sinjar from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. It resulted in a decisive victory for the Kurdish forces, who expelled the ISIL militants from Sinjar and regained control of Highway 47, which until then had served as the major supply route between the ISIL strongholds of Raqqa and Mosul.
The offensive was code-named "The Fury of Melek Taus", in reference to Melek Taus, a figure from Yezidi religion.[26]
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