Battle of Kore

Battle of kore (1991)
Part of the 1991 uprisings in Iraq
Date 7 April 1991 Location Kore,Erbil province , Iraqi Kurdistan Result Kurdish victory
Belligerents
Ba'athist Iraq Iraqi Republican Guard Ba'ath Party loyalist forces	Peshmerga Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Kurdistan Democratic Party Brigades of the Council Movement Kurdish mujahideen
Commanders and leaders
Saddam Hussein Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri Ali Hassan al-Majid Massoud Rajavi	Jalal Talabani Nawshirwan Mustafa Massoud Barzani Osman Hajy Marouf
Strength
50,000	25,000
Casualties and losses
Unknown	unknown

Event

Three years later, in 1991, President Barzani, in conjunction with other Kurdish leaders at the time, played a crucial role in the Kurdish uprising, which led to the ousting of Saddam’s forces from the KRI. On April 7, 1991, President Barzani led the Peshmerga in the defense of Kore against the attacking forces of the Iraqi regime, attempting to suppress the uprising and regain the territory under Kurdish control. The Battle of Kore ended in Iraq’s failure to further advance into the KRI and it is considered by historians to have been one of the most significant and consequential battles between the Kurds and the Iraqi government