Diyala campaign

Diyala province campaign
	Part of the Iraq War
	; Soldiers take cover behind a Stryker vehicle during a firefight
Date	December 25, 2006 – October 1, 2007; (9 months and 6 days)
Location	Diyala Governorate, Iraq
Result	Allied victory
Belligerents
United States ; Iraq ; Peshmerga	Islamic State of Iraq; Other Iraqi Insurgents
Commanders and leaders
Maj. Gen. Benjamin R. Mixon; Maj. Gen. Ahmed al-Kozaee; Brig. Gen. Abdul Kareem al-Obaidi † ; Brig. Gen. Fadhil al-Barwari; (ISOF commander)	Abu Ayyub al-Masri
Strength
4,200; 20,000; 2,000 Peshmerga	2,000
Casualties and losses
106 killed; 300 security forces killed; 22 militia killed	1,070+ killed; 500 captured

The Diyala province campaign was a series of operations conducted by coalition forces against Iraqi insurgents and a number of bombing and guerrilla attacks against the security forces in Diyala Governorate of Iraq, with the purpose of control of the province.

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