Liberation of Jurf Al Sakhar
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Liberation of Jurf Al Sakhar, codenamed Operation Ashura (Arabic: عملية عاشوراء), was a two-day military operation by Iraqi government forces and Iranian-backed PMU forces beginning on 24 October 2014, aimed at retaking the strategic city of Jurf Al Sakhar near Baghdad from ISIL.[4][5] The operation was mainly aimed at preventing ISIS militants from reaching the holy cities of Karbala and Najaf, where ISIS threatened to carry out attacks against the millions of Shia visitors commemorating the Day of Ashura.
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Liberation of Jurf Al-Sakhar | |||||||||
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Part of War in Iraq and the Iranian-led intervention in Iraq (2014–present) | |||||||||
Map of the Babil Governorate, where Jurf Al Sakhar is located | |||||||||
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Hadi al-Amiri | Unknown | ||||||||
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Iraqi Army & Shiite militia: 7,000[3] Unknown number of others | unknown | ||||||||
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unknown |
498 killed 100+ IEDs defused |
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