Battle of Ar-Rutbah (2016)

Ar-Rutbah offensive (2016)
	Part of the War in Iraq and the Anbar campaign (2015–16)
	; Ar-Rutbah in 2009.
Date	16–18 May 2016; (2 days)
Location	Ar-Rutba District, Anbar Governorate, Iraq
Result	Iraqi government victory Iraqi Army recapture Ar-Rutbah District/Town;
Belligerents
Iraq Iraqi security forces Armed Forces; Federal Police; ; Local Sunni tribes; Popular Mobilization Forces; Air support ; CJTF-OIR	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders
Haider al-Abadi	Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Leader)
Strength
1,000+ fighters	100–400 militants
Casualties and losses
4 killed,; 5 wounded	100+ killed

The Battle of Ar-Rutbah was a military offensive in Iraq launched by the Iraqi Army to recapture the strategic town of Ar-Rutbah from ISIL, along with the rest of the Ar-Rutba District.

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