2017 Western Iraq campaign
The 2017 Western Iraq campaign was the final major military operation of the 2013–2017 war in Iraq, in the western province of Anbar, and on the border with Syria, with the goal of completely expelling ISIL forces from their last strongholds in Iraq.
| 2017 Western Iraq campaign | |||||||||
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| Part of the War in Iraq (2013-2017) | |||||||||
Map of the Iraqi advances in Western Iraq | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Iraq CJTF–OIR | ISIL | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
| Lt. Gen. Abdel Emir Yarallah | Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
| Military of ISIL | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Unknown | 1,500 (CJTF-OIR estimate) | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
The offensive followed the Hawija offensive by the Iraqi Government, and was also concurrent with several major offensives in Syria: the Syrian Democratic Forces' Deir ez-Zor offensive, and the Syrian Government's Battle of Deir ez-Zor and Eastern Syria campaign on the opposite side of the Al-Qa'im border crossing.
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