Major insurgent attacks Foreign interventions IS genocide of minorities IS war crimes Timeline The Battle of Suq al Ghazi took place on September 15, 2014.

On September 15, 2014, ISIL gunmen, accompanied by local jihadist militias, stormed an Iraqi military base.

Inside the base, ISIL ordered the soldiers to get in a dozen trucks when they arrived.

After receiving calls from help, and seeing that ISIL intended to capture Suq al Ghazi, US, UK and French drones arrived and fired at ISIL positions, killing multiple fighters.

ISIL permanently left Suq al Ghazi on September 16, 2014, making the battle the shortest one in the history of the conflict.