Battle of Hawija
| Battle of Hawija | |||||||||
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| Part of the American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–present) and the War in Iraq (2013–2017) | |||||||||
Map of the advances of the Iraqi forces during the offensive | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
| Islamic State | |||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Abdel Emir Yarallah (operations commander) Qais Khazali (leader of Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq) Akram al-Kaabi (HHN secretary general) Abu Mushtaq (PMF commander) |
Qusay Hassan Wali Al-Bayati "Abu Haytham" (Wali of Wilayat Kirkuk and Wilayat Dijlah) Abu Nasser al-Zawbaei † (Wali of Hawija) Abu Abdullah al-Tajiki † (sniper commander) | ||||||||
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| Strength | |||||||||
| 42,000 soldiers | 1,500–2,000 militants | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown |
942 killed (Iraqi claim) 1,000 captured or surrendered | ||||||||
The Battle of Hawija was an offensive launched in September 2017 by the Iraqi Army, in order to recapture the town of Hawija and the surrounding areas from the Islamic State (IS).
The offensive was concurrent with the 2017 Central Syria campaign by the Syrian Army to capture IS territory towards Deir ez-Zor, as well as with the Raqqa campaign (2016–17) conducted by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against IS's de facto capital city and stronghold in Syria.