Battle of Kirkuk (2016)

Battle of Kirkuk (2016)
	Part of the War in Iraq (2013–2017)
	; Location within Iraq
Date	21–24 October 2016; (3 days)
Location	Kirkuk, Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq
Result	Peshmerga victory
Belligerents
Kurdistan Region PKK; CJTF-OIR United States;	Islamic State
Commanders and leaders
Brig. Simko Rabati; (Kirkuk security commander); Idris Rafaat; (Kirkuk security official); Brig. Gen. Sarhad Qadir; (suburban police chief); Polad Talabani; (Peshmerga Counterterrorism Group commander); Lahur Talabany; (head of Zanyari)	Abu Islam (POW); (operations leader); Abu Qudama †; (Kirkuk raid commander); Nizar Mahmud Abdul Ghani (POW)
Units involved
Kurdistan Region Patriotic Union of Kurdistan; Kurdistan Democratic Party; Peshmerga Counter-Terrorism Group (CTG); ; Asayish; Parastin u Zanyari; Ministry of Interior Popular Mobilization Forces 16th Turkmen Brigade; ; Kirkuk civilian vigilantes;	Military of ISIL Kirkuk sleeper cells Inghimasi fighters ; ;
Strength
Unknown	100 militants
Casualties and losses
76 killed	84 killed and several captured
	21 civilians killed, 265+ security forces members and civilians wounded overall

The Battle of Kirkuk took place in the city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq between Kurdistan and allies and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.^[1] The battle occurred less than a week after the beginning of the Battle of Mosul launched by Iraqi security forces and allies.