Dhuluiya offensive
| Dhuluiya offensive | |||||||||
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| Part of Iraqi Civil War (2014–present) and Salahuddin campaign (2014–15) |
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Local Sunni tribesmen
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
 Karim al-Nuri |
 Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
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| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
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| 73 fighters killed | 300 fighters killed (Iraqi claim) | ||||||||
Decisive Iraqi troops victory
Local Sunni tribesmen
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Dhuluiya offensive was launched on 28 December 2014 by Iraqi forces backed by Sunni tribesmen and Shia militamen on the strategic town of Dhuluiya (Arabic: الضلوعية), which had been held by ISIS for months. On 30 December, the area was recaptured and the ISIS siege on the Sunni al-Juburi tribe was broken.
It was part of a bigger campaign to fully clear the Saladin Governorate.
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