Part of the Northern Iraq offensive of the War in Iraq (2013–2017) and the American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–2021)
Mosul Dam
Date
16–19 August 2014 (3 days)
Location
Mosul Dam Nineveh Province, Iraq
Result
Kurdish-Iraqi victory
Belligerents
Kurdistan Region Iraq
Airstrikes:
United States
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders
Maj. Gen. Fadhil Barwari (ICTS commander)
Unknown
Strength
Unknown
500[1]
Casualties and losses
Unknown
11+ killed
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War in Iraq (2013–2017)
Battles and operations
1st Anbar
1st Fallujah
1st Northern Iraq
1st Mosul
Badush prison
Camp Speicher
1st Kirkuk
2nd Northern Iraq
Zumar
Makhmour
1st Sinjar
Mosul Dam
Sharfadin
Musab bin Umair mosque
Suq al-Ghazi
Saqlawiyah
1st Hīt
Jurf al-Sakhar
Salahuddin
1st Baiji
Siege of Amirli
1st Tikrit
2nd Baiji
3rd Baiji
Dhuluiya
2nd Tikrit
1st Ramadi
2nd Sinjar
2nd Mosul
2nd Kirkuk
Al-Karmah
2nd Anbar
2nd Ramadi
2nd Fallujah
2nd Hīt
Ar-Rutbah
3rd Fallujah
3rd Sinjar
Nineveh Plains offensive
3rd Mosul
4th Mosul
Mosul airstrike
Western Nineveh
3rd Kirkuk
Hamam al-Alil
4th Sinjar
Turkish Sinjar airstrike
Tal Afar
Western Anbar
Hawija
Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
4th Kirkuk
Western Iraq
Major insurgent attacks
1st Hillah
1st Baghdad
Khan Bani Saad
2nd Baghdad
Sharaban
Ramadi
Mosul
3rd Baghdad
Miqdadiyah
2nd Hillah
Iskandariya
4th Baghdad
Samawa
5th Baghdad
1st Balad
Taji
6th Baghdad
7th Baghdad
2nd Balad
8th Baghdad
9th Baghdad
3rd Hillah
10th Baghdad
11th Baghdad
Tikrit
12th Baghdad
Nasiriyah
Foreign interventions
Iranian-led intervention
American-led intervention
Inherent Resolve
Shader
Okra
Chammal
Impact
IS genocide of minorities
Christian genocide
Yazidi genocide
Shia genocide
Turkmen genocide
IS war crimes
Mosul executions
Chemical weapons
Timeline
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
The Battle for Mosul Dam took place in August 2014 between militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Kurdish Peshmerga forces, supported by Iraqi troops and U.S.-led Coalition airstrikes.
^"US hails recapture of Mosul dam as symbol of united battle against Isis". The Guardian. August 19, 2014. Retrieved August 23, 2014.
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