Anbar campaign (2015–2016)

Anbar campaign (2015–2016)
	Part of the War in Iraq (2013–2017)
	; Location of the Al Anbar Governorate in Iraq
Date	July 13, 2015 – 30 June 2016; (11 months, 2 weeks and 3 days)
Location	Anbar Governorate, Iraq
Result	Major Iraqi Government victory
Territorial; changes	The Iraqi Army recaptures Ramadi, Hīt, Ar-Rutbah, and Fallujah from ISIL.; 20 percent of the Anbar Province, and 25 percent of Anbar's population remained under ISIL control;
Belligerents
Iraq Iraqi security forces Armed Forces; Federal Police; ; Local Sunni tribes; Shia militias (not directly involved); Support United States; Air support United States; United Kingdom; Australia; France; Canada;	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders
Haider al-Abadi Lt. Gen. Othman al-Ghanemi	Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Leader); Abu Mohammad al-Adnani † (ISIL Spokesman); Abu Suleiman al-Naser † (Military Chief); Dohan al-Rawi † (ISIL War Minister); Abu Waheeb † (Top ISIL Commander in Anbar); Khaled al-Sadoun † (ISIL Governor of Anbar Province); Abu Bakr (POW) (Top ISIL commander in Ramadi)
Units involved
Quwat al-Shaheed al-Sadr al-Awal; Saraya al-Jihad Harakat Ahrar al-Iraq	Military of ISIL
Strength
13,000+ fighters 2,500+ Iraqi tribal fighters; 3,000+ Shi'ite militiamen (Not involved in Ramadi city);	Several thousand fighters
Casualties and losses
During Battle of Ramadi, Iraqi casualties of 1,000 wounded and about 100 killed (U.S. Defense Department statement, early Jan. 2016); Jan. 17, 2016: 12 Iraqi soldiers killed outside Ramadi; Jan. 23, 2016: up to 48 Iraq police and security forces killed in ISIL suicide bombings; Jan. 27, 2016: at least 55 Iraqi soldiers and allied tribal fighters killed in ISIL attacks outside Ramadi; Feb. 4, 2016: At least 28 Iraqi soldiers killed in ISIL suicide attacks in Ramadi and Fallujah; Late Feb./early Mar. 2016: 31 Iraqi soldiers killed in ISIL shelling and a suicide car bomb attack outside Ramadi; Mar. 13-14, 2016: At least 47 Iraqi soldiers killed in ISIL attacks outside Ramadi;	Early December 2016: U.S. military stated that 350 ISIL militants in Ramadi were killed by U.S. airstrikes; Late January 2016: Anbar Tribal Force reported 700 ISIL militants killed over previous two weeks; Middle East Eye, citing Iraqi military sources: Reported that over five-week battle of Fallujah, 2,500 ISIL militants were killed and 2,186 were arrested.; Late January 2016: Anbar Police report arrest of 190 suspected ISIL militants; June 2016 news reports: 250 ISIL militants killed in U.S.-led coalition and Iraqi airstrikes outside Fallujah;
	15+ civilians killed; 505,300+ civilians displaced; 143+ civilians killed

The Anbar campaign (2015–2016) was a military campaign launched by the Iraqi Armed Forces and their allies aimed at recapturing areas of the Anbar Governorate held by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), including the city of Ramadi, which ISIL seized earlier in 2015. The United States and other nations aided Iraq with airstrikes.

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