Al-Karmah offensive

Al-Karmah offensive
	Part of the War in Iraq
	; Location of the Al Anbar Governorate in Iraq
Date	14 April – 3 May 2015; (2 weeks and 5 days)
Location	Al-Karmah, Anbar Governorate, Iraq33.399722°N 43.908889°E
Result	Limited ISF gains Iraqi security forces capture part of Al-Karmah;
Belligerents
Iraq; United States; Air support:; United Kingdom; Canada	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders
Haider al-Abadi; Ahmed al-Dulaimi; Barack Obama; David Cameron; Stephen Harper	Abu Suleiman al-Naser (Replacement Military Chief); Abu Waheeb; (ISIL Commander in Anbar); Abu Khattab † (ISIL Wilayat al-Jazira governor); Abu Qatada † (senior ISIL commander); Abu Azam † (senior ISIL commander)
Units involved
Iraqi Army 7th Division; ; Iraqi Air Force; Special Operations Forces; Iraqi Police; al-Hashd al-Shaabi Shia militias; Sunni tribal fighters; ; US Armed Forces; Royal Air Force; Royal Canadian Air Force	Military of ISIL Wilayat al-Anbar;
Strength
Unknown number of Iraqi soldiers; 10,000+ Sunni tribal fighters;	Several thousand
Casualties and losses
Unknown	676+ killed (government claim)
	Location within Iraq

The Al-Karmah offensive, codenamed Fajr al-Karma, was an offensive launched by the Iraqi Army and anti-ISIL Sunni tribal fighters to recapture the Al-Karmah district taken by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in Iraq. The offensive began on 14 April 2015. During the offensive the anti-ISIL forces captured part of the city of Al-Karmah, and the old road of Al-Karmah.

In response to the Iraqi state offensive, ISIL launched a counterattack in the region, attacking Ramadi, capturing three nearby villages on 15 April, and taking control of the Tharthar Dam on 24 April. By 15 May ISIS had taken control over the Iraqi government headquarters in Ramadi.

The ISIL attack on Ramadi prompted 114,000 people to flee the region, according to UN officials, increasing the total number of refugees from Anbar since 2014 to over 400,000 people.

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