Battle of Sharfadin Temple

Battle of Sherfedin
Part of War in Iraq (2013–2017) Northern Iraq offensive (August 2014)
Sharfadin Temple
Date August – December 2014 (5 months) Location Sharfadin Temple, Sinjar District, Nineveh Governorate, Iraq Result Kurdish victory
Belligerents
Kurdistan Region	Islamic State
Commanders and leaders
Masoud Barzani Qasim Shesho Haydar Shesho	Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Units involved
Peshmerga HPŞ YBŞ	Unknown
Strength
18 (initially) later reinforcements sent	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

The Battle of Sharafdin (or Sherfedîn ) was a 5-month-long battle from August, 2014 between the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS) and Kurdish Peshmerga vigilantes with local Yazidis. The site of the battle is the pilgrimage site of Sharfadin, located on the Jabal Shingal mountain range in Ninewa Governorate in northwestern Iraq.