Liberation of Erbil and Kirkuk

During the 1991 Kurdish uprising, Kosrat played a major role in the liberation of Erbil and Kirkuk from the Baathist regime. He led the Peshmerga forces that, alongside the local population, successfully liberated these cities on March 11, 1991. He was the first to enter Erbil, leading the celebrations from the citadel to the governor's office, a key moment in the fight for Kurdish autonomy^[1]

Liberation of Erbil and Kirkuk (1991)
Part of the 1991 uprisings in Iraq
Date 11,March,1991 Location Kirkuk province,Erbil province , Iraqi Kurdistan Result Kurdish victory successfully liberated
Belligerents
Ba'athist Iraq Iraqi Republican Guard Ba'ath Party loyalist forces	Peshmerga Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Kurdistan Democratic Party Brigades of the Council Movement[2] Kurdish mujahideen[3]
Commanders and leaders
Saddam Hussein Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri Ali Hassan al-Majid Massoud Rajavi	Kosrat Rasul Ali Jalal Talabani Nawshirwan Mustafa Massoud Barzani Osman Hajy Marouf[2]
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosrat_Rasul_Ali/
2. "kurdish uprising (1991)". Dialectical-delinquents.com. Retrieved 16 October 2014.
3. "Why the Uprisings Failed". merip.org. 1992. Retrieved 2024-01-06.