Battle of Hit (2016)

Battle of Hit (2016)
	Part of the War in Iraq and the Anbar campaign (2015–16)
Date	12 March 2016 – 14 April 2016 (1 month and 2 days)
Location	Hīt District, Anbar Governorate, Iraq
Status	Iraqi government victory Iraqi forces recapture the town of Kabisa, Hīt, and the Hīt District from ISIL;
Belligerents
Iraq Iraqi security forces Armed Forces; Federal Police; ; Local Sunni tribes; Shi'ite militias; Air support: United States; United Kingdom; Australia;	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Commanders and leaders
Haider al-Abadi (Prime Minister of Iraq); Suhaib al-Rawi (Governor of Anbar); Mohanad Zbar (Mayor of Hīt district)	Raed Mounir al-Zubaidi † (Top ISIL commander of Hīt District) Isaq al-Libyan † (ISIL commander of Kabisa District)>
Strength
5,000+ fighters (two brigades)	1,000+ fighters (300–400 fighters in Hīt)
Casualties and losses
62+ killed, 50+ wounded	339+ killed; 40 arrested
	5 civilians executed by ISIL
	25,000 civilians trapped in Hīt, another 20,000 fled the Hīt District; 1,500+ civilians evacuated

The Battle of Hit, code named Operation Desert Lynx by Iraqi forces, was an offensive launched by the Iraqi Government during the Anbar offensive, with the goal of recapturing the town of Hīt and the Hīt District from ISIL. After the Iraqi forces recaptured the city of Ramadi, Hīt and Fallujah were the only cities still under the control of ISIL in the Al Anbar Governorate. Iraqi Forces fully recaptured of Hīt and the rest of the Hīt District on 14 April 2016.

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