Operation Free Shingal
Operation Free Shingal / Operation the Fury of Melek Taus
| date | November 11, 2015 |
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| place | Ninawa Governorate , Iraq |
| output | Kurdish victory |
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| Troop strength | |
| 7,500-20,000 | 500-5,000 |
| losses | |
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at least 200 |
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The military offensive Operation Free Shingal is a military mission led by the Kurdish Peshmerga with the aim of liberating the city of Shingal from the terrorist organization Islamic State . The battle began on the night of November 11th to November 12th, 2015. The troop strength of the Peshmerga during the offensive is given as 7,500 to 20,000.
On November 13 at 13:05 UTC , Masud Barzani , President of the Kurdistan Autonomous Region , announced the victory in Shingal via Twitter .