Siege of Saqlawiyah

Part of the Iraq War (2014–present)

Date

14−22 September 2014 (1 week and 1 day)

Location

Saqlawiyah, Anbar Province, Iraq

Result

ISIL victory

ISIL captures Saqlawiyah and Sicher

Belligerents

Iraqi Government

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Strength

820

Unknown

Casualties and losses

300−500 killed, captured or missing (40−300 killed, 68 captured)

14 killed

ISIL victory

Iraqi Government

The Siege of Saqlawiyah was a siege of the town of Saqlawiyah (north of Fallujah, 50 km west of Baghdad) by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS or ISIL) during the Iraqi Civil War.

The siege began when ISIL besieged Camp Sicher and cut the Sicher main road, which opened the way for them to siege Saqlawiyah. The besieged soldiers were without any support or food. On 21 September, ISIS militants entered Camp Saqlawiyah, which contained 1000 soldiers, after they controlled the regions around the city, by disguising themselves in army uniforms. The besieged soldiers immediately thought that this was the military support that was sent by the government. Lt. Col. Ihab Hashim said "Two explosives packed vehicles blew up, while three Jihadists had explosives packed vests" 200 soldiers out of almost 1000 others succeeded in escaping the camp. Five surviving soldiers stated to The Washington Post that 300-500 soldiers of the 1000 others are either dead, kidnapped or in hiding. The other 400 soldiers were besieged in Camp Saqlawiyah until 300 of them were killed.

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