Battle of Suq al Ghazi

Battle of Suq al Ghazi
Part of the Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017), and the Military intervention against ISIL
An Iraqi Army tank in combat near Suq al Ghazi
Date September 15, 2014 Location Suq al Ghazi, near Baghdad, Iraq Result US/Iraqi victory
Combatants
United States  United Kingdom  France  Iraq	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Local Sunni Militias
Commanders and leaders
Barack Obama Francois Hollande David Cameron	Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Strength
100 soldiers	300 militants
Casualties and losses
5 killed	23 fighters killed

The Battle of Suq al Ghazi took place on September 15, 2014.

The battle

On September 15, 2014, ISIL gunmen, accompanied by local jihadist militias, stormed an Iraqi military base. Not knowing what to do, the Iraqi soldiers made frantic calls for help. Inside the base, ISIL ordered the soldiers to get in a dozen trucks when they arrived. The ISIL fighters reportedly shot at civilians and anyone who tried to intervene before raising the ISIL Black Standard in place of the Iraqi Flag.

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. The remaining ISIL fighters fled, only to be engaged by Iraqi tanks.^[1]

Iraqi tanks fired at the remaining fighters. US drones arrived and began bombing them as well.

Aftermath

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

References

1. Kenny, Steve (September 16, 2014). "U.S. Airstrikes Hit Targets Near Baghdad Held by ISIS". The New York Times. NYTIMES. Retrieved September 16, 2014.