| Battle of Fallujah (2016) | |||||||||
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| Part of the Iraqi Civil War, the Anbar campaign, and the aftermath of the Siege of Fallujah |
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Fallujah operations on 22–23 May. |
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(Fallujah top commander) (Fallujah security chief) |
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| Units involved | |||||||||
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Iraq: Iran: |
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| Strength | |||||||||
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11,000–14,500 fighters
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3,500–4,000 militants | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 394–900+ killed, 3,308 wounded |
2,848+ killed, 2,186 captured |
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| 112 civilians killed 85,000+ civilians displaced |
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Iraq
Support:
CJTF-OIR
(Air support)
Haidar al-Abadi
(Prime Minister)
Khaled al-Obaidi
(Defense Minister)
Lt. Gen. Abdel-Wahab al-Saadi
(Overall commander of the operation)
Lt. Gen. Raed Shaker Jawdat
(Chief of the Iraqi Federal Police)
Staff Maj. Gen. Ismail al-Mahalawi
Lt. Col. Hashim Ismail †
(1st Division's Commando Regiments commander)
Esa al-Esawi
(Mayor of Fallujah)![]()
Hadi al-Amiri (Head of Badr Organization)![]()
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis![]()
Akram al-Ka'abi