Operation al-Shabah
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Operation al-Shabah (Arabic: عملية الشبح, lit. 'Operation Phantom') was launched in May 2013 by the Iraqi Army, with the stated aim of severing contact between the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and the al-Nusra Front in Syria by clearing militants from the border area with Syria and Jordan.[4]
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Operation al-Shabah | |||||||
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Part of the Syrian civil war and Iraqi insurgency | |||||||
Location of Al Anbar and Nineveh Governorates within Iraq | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant | |||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Abu Dua Abu Mohammad al-Julani[1] |
Nouri al-Maliki Babaker Shawkat B. Zebari Lieutenant-General Basim al-Tai[2] | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Unknown | 8,000[3] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
43 killed, 57 captured[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] |
20 policemen killed[12][13][14] 16 policemen injured[15][16][17][11] 7 soldiers killed 10 soldiers injured[5][6][7][16][18] | ||||||
3 Syrian civilians killed 6 Iraqi civilians killed 4 Iraqi civilians kidnapped[13] 6 Iraqi civilians injured[19] |
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