The Battle of Sulaymaniyah was one of the 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
Kurdish fighters during the battle
The 1991 Iraqi uprisings were ethnic and religious uprisings against Saddam Hussein's Ba'athist regime that were mainly led by Shia rebels and Kurds. The uprisings lasted from March to April 1991 afte
An Iraqi Army T-55 tank disabled by rebels
A Kurdish fighter firing the DShK during the uprising
U.S. Gulf War leaflet depicting Saddam Hussein as death
UNHCR trucks with aid supplies for Kurdish refugees, 29 April 1991