The Battle of Zumar was fought between the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and Kurdish Peshmerga troops over the city of Zumar in Nineveh province in northern Iraq. It started when ISIL launched an offensive on Zumar from 1–4 August 2014, resulting in its capture. On 25 October, after US airstrikes, 25 Kurdish Peshmerga troops succeeded in recapturing the city.