December 2014 Sinjar offensive
The Sinjar offensive was a combination of operations of Kurdish Peshmerga, PKK and People's Protection Units forces in December 2014, to recapture regions formerly lost to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in their August offensive. In a six-day-long offensive, the PKK and Peshmerga took control over part of the city of Sinjar and part of the mountains which had been conquered by ISIL in August 2014, and expanded their offensive on to Tal Afar.
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December 2014 Sinjar offensive
The Sinjar offensive was a combination of operations of Kurdish Peshmerga, PKK and People's Protection Units forces in December 2014, to recapture regions formerly lost to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in their August offensive. In a six-day-long offensive, the PKK and Peshmerga took control over part of the city of Sinjar and part of the mountains which had been conquered by ISIL in August 2014, and expanded their offensive on to Tal Afar.
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The Sinjar offensive was a com ...... heir offensive on to Tal Afar.
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*People's Protection Units
*Peshmerga
*United States
*Women's Protection Units
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Iraqi Kurdistan
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2014-12-22
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* A total of 1,295–3,000 squar ...... e recaptured by Kurdish forces
* Kurdish forces capture a part ofSinjarcity
* Kurdish forces secured the r ...... e whole of theSinjar mountains
*YPGandYBŞcut the connection of ISIS of Raqqa and Mosul in Şengal.
Some Kurdish progress:
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12,000 in mosul province
8,000 Peshmerga soldiers
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Map of the Sinjar offensive
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~1,000+ killed
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The Sinjar offensive was a com ...... heir offensive on to Tal Afar.
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December 2014 Sinjar offensive
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Sinjar offensive
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