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Second Battle of Tikrit (March–April 2015)

Second Battle of Tikrit
Part of Iraqi Civil War (2014–present),
the Military intervention against ISIL, and
the Salahuddin campaign
Second Battle of Tikrit (March 2015).jpeg
Military diagram illustrating the situation in central Salahuddin province, from early to mid-March 2015.
Date 2 March – 17 April 2015
(1 month, 2 weeks and 1 day)
Location Tikrit, Saladin Governorate, Iraq
Result

Decisive Anti-ISIL victory

  • Allied forces encircled Tikrit by 9 March and push into the city 11 March
  • Allied forces are stalled 13–30 March
  • Partial withdraw of some Iran-backed Shi'ite militias on 27 March as US & UK start assisting with anti-ISIL airstrikes
  • Allied forces capture most of Tikrit from 31 March – 2 April, with pockets of ISIL resistance persisting until 17 April
  • Cleanup and defusing operations in the city continued, with officials predicting that it would take several months to remove the 5,000–10,000 IEDs left behind by ISIL
Territorial
changes
The provincial capital of Saladin Governorate, Tikrit, is recaptured from ISIL, alongside the towns of Abu Ajeel, Al-Dour, Al-Alam, Al-Awja and others.
Belligerents
Iraq
 Iran
Airstrikes:
 United States
( 25–31 March only)
United Kingdom United Kingdom (25–29 March only)
France France

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant


Ba'ath Party Loyalists
Commanders and leaders

Iraq Lt. Gen.Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi
(Saladin Operations commander)
Iran Qasem Soleimani
(Head of Quds Force)
Iran Gen. Sadiq Yari  (IRGC commander)
PMF commanders:
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis

Hadi al-Amiri
(Head of Badr Organization)
Qais Khazali
Madi al-Kinani 
Ali al-Moussawi 

Abu Suleiman al-Naser (Replacement Military Chief)
Abu Nabil
(ISIL governor of the Saladin Governorate)
Abu Maria  (top ISIL leader in Tikrit)


Izzat Ibrahim ad-Douri  (presumed)
Units involved

Iraq:
Security Forces

Popular Mobilization Forces

Sunni tribal militias

  • Martyrs of Salahiddeen

Iran:

United States:

United Kingdom:

France:

Military of ISIL
Strength

20,000–30,000+
(9,000 engaged)

  • 20,000 Shi'ite paramilitaries
  • 3,200–4,000 Iraqi security forces
  • 1,000–5,000 Sunni tribesmen
  • 40 Quds force officers
(specialist reinforcements sent)
400–13,000
Casualties and losses
230–1,000+ killed 842–1,142 killed, 80 captured
46 civilians killed
28,000 civilians displaced

Decisive Anti-ISIL victory

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Iraq Lt. Gen.Abdul-Wahab al-Saadi
(Saladin Operations commander)
Iran Qasem Soleimani
(Head of Quds Force)
Iran Gen. Sadiq Yari  (IRGC commander)
PMF commanders:
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis


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