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Name: Northern Iraq offensive (August 2014)

Type: Event

Start: 2014 AD

End: 2014 AD

Parent: Iraqi Civil War

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Was a military offensive by the Islamic State in northern Iraq, during the War in Iraq (2013-2017).

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  • August 2014: ISIL captured the town of Wana between Zumar and Mosul.
  • August 2014: On 7 August, ISIL took control of Qaraqosh, the largest Christian town of Iraq, 30 km southeast of Mosul and 60 km west of Erbil, Karamlish, 5 km from Qaraqosh, Tal Keif, Batnaya, just north of Mosul, and Bartella, just east of Mosul.
  • August 2014: ISIL had seized the Mosul Dam, 40 km northwest of Mosul on the Tigris river.
  • August 2014: Battle for Mosul Dam.
  • August 2014: Encouraged by American airstrikes, Kurdish Peshmerga forces retook the strategic towns of Gwer and Makhmour.
  • August 2014: On 15 August, ISIL moved into the village Kocho.
  • August 2014: Battle of Zumar.
  • August 2014: ISIL captured the strategic town of Makhmour.

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