Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri al-Maliki called for a national state of emergency on 10 June following the attack on Mosul, which had been seized overnight. īy late June, the Iraqi government had lost control of its borders with both Jordan and Syria. The Islamic State (IS) called the battles of Mosul and Saladin Governorate "the Battle of the Lion of God al-Bilawi," ( Arabic: غزوة أسد الله البيلاوي) in honor of Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi.Ī former commander of the Iraqi ground forces, Ali Ghaidan, accused Former Prime Minister of Iraq, Nuri al-Maliki of being the one who issued the order to withdraw from the city of Mosul. As Iraqi government forces fled south on 13 June, Kurdistan Regional Government forces took control of the oil hub of Kirkuk, part of the disputed territories of Northern Iraq. ISIL and its allies captured several cities and surrounding territory, beginning with an attack on Samarra on 4 June, followed by the seizure of Mosul on 10 June, and Tikrit on 11 June. The Northern Iraq offensive began on 4 June 2014, when the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and allied forces began a major offensive in northern Iraq against Iraqi government forces, following earlier clashes that had begun in December 2013.
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant: 7,000 in Iraq ġ,900 captured (1,566 executed)
ISIL Caliphate proclaimed, with Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi named as the Caliph.Nineveh, Kirkuk, Saladin, and Diyala Governorates
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