Siege of Amirli (2014 AD)
Siege of Amirli (Islamic State & Wilayah Salah-Al-Din vs Iraq & Iraqi Army & Iraqi Turkmen Front & IRGC & Quds Force & Special Groups & Promised Day Brigades & Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq & Kata'ib Hezbollah & Badr Brigades & 16th Turkmen Brigade & Peshmerga & Air support: & Aid support:) took place in 2014 AD during Iraqi insurgency.
Battle facts
- Year: 2014 AD
- Date: 2014-06-11
- Era: Contemporary
- Conflict: Iraqi insurgency
- Side A: Islamic State, Wilayah Salah-Al-Din
- Side B: Iraq, Iraqi Army, Iraqi Turkmen Front, IRGC, Quds Force, Special Groups, Promised Day Brigades, Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq, Kata'ib Hezbollah, Badr Brigades, 16th Turkmen Brigade, Peshmerga, Air support:, Aid support:
- Commanders (A): Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Leader of ISIL), Abu Omar al-Shishani, Abu Muslim al-Turkmani (Deputy, Iraq)
- Commanders (B): Abdul Emir al-Zaidi, Qasem Soleimani, Kareem Mullah Shakoor, Hadi Al-Amiri, Kareem al-Nouri
- Casualties: approx. 147 killed
15 captured16 killed
6 executed
39 wounded
- Outcome: Iraqi and allied victory
- Coordinates: 34.725°, 44.587°
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