Battle of Sulaymaniyah (1991)
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The Battle of Sulaymaniyah was one of the greatest battles fought during the 1991 uprisings in Iraq. Sulaymaniyah, a mostly Kurdish city with a population of over 100,000, was the first to be liberated by the rebels and the last to fall back to the Iraqi army.[3] The city was then recaptured by Kurdish rebels, after the Peshmerga launched a new offensive on 20 July.
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Battle of Sulaymaniyah | |||||||
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Part of the 1991 uprisings in Iraq | |||||||
Facade of Amna Suraka-Red Hous, Saddam-era prison and torture center destroyed in 1991 uprising | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Saddam Hussein Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri Ali Hassan al-Majid Massoud Rajavi |
Jalal Talabani | ||||||
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90,000 | 20,000 | ||||||
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8,000 killed[3] 700 executed | 7,000 killed |
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