Peshmerga victory Kurdistan Region Major insurgent attacks Foreign interventions IS genocide of minorities IS war crimes Timeline The Battle of Kirkuk (2014) was an offensive launched by ISIL against the Peshmerga forces.

On 12 June 2014, The Kurdish Peshmerga forces controlled the city of Kirkuk.

After that, the Iraqi Army fled before any offensive was launched by the Islamist Forces.

[2] On 17 June 2014, the ISIL forces started an offensive to conquer the city.

[5] In the end of July the Badr Organization and some locals recruited Shi’a Turkmen fighters to attack the village Bashir in an attempted counter-offensive.