Topic summary

Fall of Fallujah

Fall of Fallujah
Belligerents

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Republic of Iraq

Strength 200–300 fighters 10,000+ soldiersCasualties and losses 50+ fighters killed 458+ soldiers killed or executed

The fall of Fallujah was a major battle in the city of Fallujah in western Iraq that took place from late 2013 to early 2014, in which Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants and other Sunni insurgents including Anbar tribal militias captured the city of Fallujah. It was one of the first Iraqi cities to fall out of the control of the Iraqi Government, and resulted in the Anbar campaign.