Anbar campaign (2013–2014)

BelligerentsIslamic State of Iraq and the Levant

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Military Council of Anbar's Revolutionaries

• Naqshbandi Army
• General Military Council for Iraqi Revolutionaries

Anbar Tribal CouncilIraq

• Iraqi military
• ISOF
• Iraqi Police
• Shia Muslim Militias
• Awakening Councils
• Pro-government tribes

Ba'athist Syria
Supported by:
Iran
United StatesCommanders and leadersAbu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Abu Muslim al-Turkmani
Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi
Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi
Abu Waheeb
Abdullah al-Janabi

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Izzat Ibrahim ad-Douri
Ali Hatem al-Suleiman Al-DulaimiNouri al-Maliki
Saadoun al-Dulaimi
Ali Ghaidan Majid
Babaker Shawkat B. Zebari
Ahmed Abu Risha
Governor Ahmed Khalaf Dheyabi
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Maj. Gen. Fadhil Barwari
(ISOF commander)Units involved Unknown1st Division
2nd Division
7th Division
ISOFCasualties and losses 300 killed
528 captured 6,000 killed
12,000 deserted 1,168 civilians killed, 480,000 IDPs (UNHCR estimate)

Beginning in December 2012, Sunnis in Iraqprotested against the Maliki government. On 28 December 2013, a Sunni MP named Ahmed al-Alwani was arrested in a raid on his home in Ramadi. Alwani was a prominent supporter of the anti-government protests. This incident led to violence in Al Anbar Governorate between the Iraqi Army and a loose alliance of tribal militias and other groups fighting alongside the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).

In January 2014, the anti-government forces took control of Fallujah, and there was heavy fighting in Ramadi. In March, the Iraqi army secured Ramadi and attempted to regain Fallujah. In June, ISIL launched a major offensive in Anbar in conjunction with their assault on northern Iraq. By 23 June, they controlled at least 70% of Anbar.