Anbar campaign (2013–2014)
2014 campaign in Anbar province, Iraq / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Beginning in December 2012, Sunnis in Iraq protested against the Maliki government. On 28 December 2013, a Sunni MP named Ahmed al-Alwani was arrested in a raid on his home in Ramadi. Alwani was a prominent supporter of the anti-government protests. This incident led to violence in Al Anbar Governorate between the Iraqi Army and a loose alliance of tribal militias and other groups fighting alongside the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
Anbar campaign (2013–2014) | |||||||||
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Part of the War in Iraq (2013–2017) | |||||||||
Map showing the 2014 situation in Anbar. For a war map of the current situation of Iraq, see here. | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Army of Pride and Dignity[10] |
Iran United States | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi[11] Abu Waheeb[12] Abdullah al-Janabi[13] Izzat Ibrahim ad-Douri Ali Hatem al-Suleiman Al-Dulaimi |
Nouri al-Maliki Saadoun al-Dulaimi Ali Ghaidan Majid Babaker Shawkat B. Zebari[original research?] Ahmed Abu Risha[original research?] Governor Ahmed Khalaf Dheyabi Saeed Fleih al-Osman † Maj. Gen. Fadhil Barwari (ISOF commander) | ||||||||
Units involved | |||||||||
Unknown |
1st Division 2nd Division 7th Division ISOF | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
225 killed 528 captured[14] |
6,000 killed 1,000+ executed 12,000 deserted[15] | ||||||||
1,168 civilians killed,[16][17][18][19][20][21] 480,000 IDPs (UNHCR estimate)[22] |
In January 2014, the anti-government forces took control of Fallujah, and there was heavy fighting in Ramadi. In March the Iraqi army secured Ramadi and attempted to regain Fallujah. In June, ISIL launched a major offensive in Anbar in conjunction with their assault on Northern Iraq. By 23 June, they controlled at least 70% of Anbar.[2]