Battle of Sharfadin Temple
| Battle of Sherfedin | |||||||
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| Part of War in Iraq (2013–2017) Northern Iraq offensive (August 2014) | |||||||
Sharfadin Temple | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Kurdistan Region | Islamic State | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Masoud Barzani Qasim Shesho Haydar Shesho Sheikh Khairy Khedr | Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
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Peshmerga HPŞ YBŞ | Unknown | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 18 (initially) later reinforcements sent | 650+ | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Low |
268 killed 177 wounded 12 captured | ||||||
The Battle of Sharafdin (or Sherfedîn ) was a 5-month-long battle from August, 2014 between the terrorist organization Islamic State (IS) and Kurdish Peshmerga forces with local Yazidis. The site of the battle is the pilgrimage site of Sharfadin, located on the Jabal Shingal mountain range in Ninewa Governorate in northwestern Iraq.