Anbar campaign (2015–2016) |
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Part of the War in Iraq (2013–2017) |
Location of the Al Anbar Governorate in Iraq |
Date | July 13, 2015 – 30 June 2016 (11 months, 2 weeks and 3 days) |
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Location | |
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Result |
Major Iraqi Government victory |
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Territorial changes |
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Belligerents |
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Iraq
Support
Air support[8]
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Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
Commanders and leaders |
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Haider al-Abadi
Lt. Gen. Othman al-Ghanemi |
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Leader)[11]
Abu Mohammad al-Adnani † (ISIL Spokesman)[12][13]
Abu Suleiman al-Naser † (Military Chief)
Dohan al-Rawi † (ISIL War Minister)[14]
Abu Waheeb † (Top ISIL Commander in Anbar)[15]
Khaled al-Sadoun † (ISIL Governor of Anbar Province)[16]
Abu Bakr (POW) (Top ISIL commander in Ramadi)[17] |
Units involved |
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Quwat al-Shaheed al-Sadr al-Awal[18] Saraya al-Jihad[19]
Harakat Ahrar al-Iraq[20] |
Military of ISIL |
Strength |
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13,000+ fighters[21][22]
- 2,500+ Iraqi tribal fighters[23]
- 3,000+ Shi'ite militiamen (Not involved in Ramadi city)[22]
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Several thousand fighters |
Casualties and losses |
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- During Battle of Ramadi, Iraqi casualties of 1,000 wounded and about 100 killed (U.S. Defense Department statement, early Jan. 2016)[24]
- Jan. 17, 2016: 12 Iraqi soldiers killed outside Ramadi[25]
- Jan. 23, 2016: up to 48 Iraq police and security forces killed in ISIL suicide bombings[26]
- Jan. 27, 2016: at least 55 Iraqi soldiers and allied tribal fighters killed in ISIL attacks outside Ramadi[27]
- Feb. 4, 2016: At least 28 Iraqi soldiers killed in ISIL suicide attacks in Ramadi and Fallujah[28]
- Late Feb./early Mar. 2016: 31 Iraqi soldiers killed in ISIL shelling and a suicide car bomb attack outside Ramadi[29]
- Mar. 13-14, 2016: At least 47 Iraqi soldiers killed in ISIL attacks outside Ramadi[30]
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- Early December 2016: U.S. military stated that 350 ISIL militants in Ramadi were killed by U.S. airstrikes[31]
- Late January 2016: Anbar Tribal Force reported 700 ISIL militants killed over previous two weeks[32]
- Middle East Eye, citing Iraqi military sources: Reported that over five-week battle of Fallujah, 2,500 ISIL militants were killed and 2,186 were arrested.[33]
- Late January 2016: Anbar Police report arrest of 190 suspected ISIL militants[34]
- June 2016 news reports: 250 ISIL militants killed in U.S.-led coalition and Iraqi airstrikes outside Fallujah[35]
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15+ civilians killed[36] 505,300+ civilians displaced[37][38][39] 143+ civilians killed[40][41][42][43] |