White Flags

White Flags
White Flags
Kurdish: ئاڵا سپییەکان
	Variant flag of the White Flags
Leaders	Hiwa Chor; Khaled al-Moradi; Ahmed Hokoma; Assi al-Qawali (POW);
Dates of operation	2017–2018
Headquarters	Tuz Khurmatu
Active regions	Northern Iraq Kirkuk Governorate; Saladin Governorate; Diyala Governorate;
Size	500–1,000
Part of	Ansar al-Islam (Iraqi gov. claim)
Allies	Islamic State;
Opponents	Iraq Kurdistan Region; ; Iran; CJTF-OIR;
Battles and wars	War in Iraq (2013–2017); Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present); American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–2021);
Designated as a terrorist group by	Iraq

The White Flags (Kurdish: ئاڵا سپییەکان, romanized: Alên Spî), also known as Sufyaniyyun (Kurdish: سوفیانیون, romanized: Sufyanîyûn), was an alleged Kurdish militant group in Iraq, and an offshoot of Ansar al-Islam, based in the disputed territories of northern Iraq. Their first purported appearance was during the Battle of Kirkuk in October 2017, when the federal government regained control of disputed territories which were taken by the Kurdistan Regional Government.