The Battle of Pirde was a military confrontation between the Peshmerga and the Iraqi Army in the 2017 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict. It was the first military confrontation between both sides since the Iraq War.
| Battle of Pirde | |||||||
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| Part of the Battle of Kirkuk (2017) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Kurdistan Region |
 Iraq | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
 Masoud Barzani Sirwan Barzani Jamal Kirkuki Husein Yazdanpanah |
 Haider al-Abadi(Commander-in-chief) Maj. Gen. Fadhil al-Barwari(ISOF commander) | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
Peshmerga Parti Azadi Kurdistan | Popular Mobilization Forces (backed by Iran) Iraqi army | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| Unknown | 12 Humvees, 1 M1A1 Abrams, 1 T-72[2] | ||||||
Background
editThe battle first started when Hashd al-Shaabi soldiers captured Kirkuk and made an attempt at capturing Erbil.[3]
The battle
editThe fighting began at 7:00 in the morning on the Erbil-to-Kirkuk road near the village of Pirde, when Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service began to mortar Kurdish units. An apparent 81-millimeter mortar exploded not far from a group of Kurdish generals standing outside a command post.[4]
References
edit- ^ ""Pirde Epic" in its fifth year...when the Peshmerga executed the plans of the dreamers to eliminate the Kurdistan experience-ARK NEWS". www.arknews.net.
- ^ https://www.newarab.com/analysis/iraqi-kurds-are-tired-being-attacked-us-made-weapons
- ^ Iddon, Paul (2018-10-21). "Holding the line: Why the Peshmerga's stand at Pirde matters". Rûdaw. Archived from the original on 2024-07-31.
- ^ Kleinmann, Yomi (2017-10-23). "Kurdish Troops Halt Iraqi Forces on the Kurdistan Border". War is Boring. Archived from the original on 2024-07-31.