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Second Battle of al-Faw

Second Battle of al-Faw
Part of Tawakalna ala Allah Operations of the Iran–Iraq War
Operation Ramadan ul-Mubarak map.svg
Date 17 April 1988
Location al-Faw Peninsula
Result Decisive Iraqi victory; Iranians expelled from the peninsula
Territorial
changes
Iraqis liberate the Al-Faw peninsula
Belligerents
 Iraq  Iran
Commanders and leaders

Iraq Saddam Hussein
Iraq Gen. Adnan Khairallah
Iraq Gen. al-Rashid
Iraq Lt. Gen. al-Rawi

Iraq Gen. Hussein Rashid al-Tikriti

Iran Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
Iran Mohsen Rezaee

Iran General Esmael Shorabi
Strength
~100,000 Republican Guard soldiers 8,000-15,000 Basij militia
Casualties and losses
1,000 casualties Several thousand

Iraq Saddam Hussein
Iraq Gen. Adnan Khairallah
Iraq Gen. al-Rashid
Iraq Lt. Gen. al-Rawi


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