Event 2017 Western Nineveh offensive

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Was a military offensive by Kurdish forces against the Islamic State in the Nineveh Governorate, during the War in Iraq (2013-2017).

Chronology

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  • May 2017: PMU announced that they had recaptured the town of al-Qahtaniya.
  • May 2017: The PMF seized the strategic town of Qayrawan and a number of villages.
  • May 2017: The town of Al-Hadar was captured by Kurdish forces.
  • June 2017: More than 500 PMF fighters captured al-Ba'aj.
  • April 2017: PMU announced during the afternoon of 26 April that they had captured the ruins of the ancient city of Hatra.
  • May 2017: The PMF captured the Sahl Sinjar Air Base.
  • May 2017: The PMF announced that it had captured 7 villages including four villages to south of al-Qairawan, Tal Qasab, 2 villages to the north of al-Qairawan.