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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