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Anbar offensive (2015)

Anbar campaign (2015–16)
Part of the Iraqi Civil War (2014–present) and the American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–present)
Al-Anbar in Iraq.svg
Location of the Al Anbar Governorate in Iraq
Date July 13, 2015 – 30 June 2016
(11 months, 2 weeks and 3 days)
Location Anbar Governorate, Iraq
Result Major Iraqi Government victory
Territorial
changes
  • The Iraqi Army recaptures Ramadi,Hīt,Ar-Rutbah, and Fallujah from ISIL.
  • 20 percent fo the Anbar Province, and 25 percent of Anbar's population remain under ISIL control.
Belligerents

Iraq Iraq

 Iran

Support

Air support

 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders

Iraq Haider al-Abadi

Iraq Lt. Gen. Othman al-Ghanemi

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Leader)
Abu Mohammad al-Adnani (KIA) (ISIL Spokesman)
Abu Suleiman al-Naser  (Military Chief)
Dohan al-Rawi  (ISIL War Minister)
Abu Waheeb  (Top ISIL Commander in Anbar)
Khaled al-Sadoun  (ISIL Governor of Anbar Province)
Abu Bakr (POW) (Top ISIL commander in Ramadi)

Shaker Wahib al-Fahdawi 
Strength

13,000+ fighters

  • 2,500+ Iraqi tribal fighters
  • 3,000+ Shi'ite militiamen (Not involved in Ramadi city)
Several thousand fighters
Casualties and losses
  • During Battle of Ramadi, Iraqi casualties of 1,000 wounded and about 100 killed (U.S. Defense Department statement, early Jan. 2016)
  • Jan. 17, 2016: 12 Iraqi soldiers killed outside Ramadi
  • Jan. 23, 2016: up to 48 Iraq police and security forces killed in ISIL suicide bombings
  • Jan. 27, 2016: at least 55 Iraqi soldiers and allied tribal fighters killed in ISIL attacks outside Ramadi
  • Feb. 4, 2016: At least 28 Iraqi soldiers killed in ISIL suicide attacks in Ramadi and Fallujah
  • Late Feb./early Mar. 2016: 31 Iraqi soldiers killed in ISIL shelling and a suicide car bomb attack outside Ramadi
  • Mar. 13-14, 2016: At least 47 Iraqi soldiers killed in ISIL attacks outside Ramadi
  • Early December 2016: U.S. military stated that 350 ISIL militants in Ramadi were killed by U.S. airstrikes
  • Late January 2016: Anbar Tribal Force reported 700 ISIL militants killed over previous two weeks
  • 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.
  • Late January 2016: Anbar Police report arrest of 190 suspected ISIL militants
  • June 2016 news reports: 250 ISIL militants killed in U.S.-led coalition and Iraqi airstrikes outside Fallujah
15+ civilians killed
505,300+ civilians displaced
143+ civilians killed

Iraq Iraq

 Iran

Support

Air support

Iraq Haider al-Abadi

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Leader)
Abu Mohammad al-Adnani (KIA) (ISIL Spokesman)
Abu Suleiman al-Naser  (Military Chief)
Dohan al-Rawi  (ISIL War Minister)
Abu Waheeb  (Top ISIL Commander in Anbar)
Khaled al-Sadoun  (ISIL Governor of Anbar Province)
Abu Bakr (POW) (Top ISIL commander in Ramadi)


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