Battle of Hawija

Belligerents

Iraq
Supported by:
Iran
CJTF–OIR

United States

Islamic State of Iraq and the LevantCommanders and leadersAbdel Emir Yarallah
(operations commander)
Qais Khazali
(leader of Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq)
Akram al-Kaabi
(HHN secretary general)
Abu Mushtaq
(PMF commander) Qusay Hassan Wali Al-Bayati "Abu Haytham"
(Wali of Wilayat Kirkuk and Wilayat Dijlah)
Ghaith Ibrahim Murad
(Emir of Hawija)
Abu Nasser al-Zawbaei †
(Wali of Hawija)
Abu Abdullah al-Tajiki †
(sniper commander)Units involved

Iraqi Security Forces
- Iraqi Armed Forces
  - Iraqi Army
    - 9th Division
    - Emergency Response Division
    - Iraqi Special Operations Forces
  - Iraqi Air Force
- Iraqi Police
  - Al-Obaidi
Popular Mobilization Forces
- Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq
- Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba (HHN)
- Badr Organization
- Liwa al-Taff
- Turkmen Brigades
  - 16th Brigade
United States Air Force

Military of the Islamic State
- Garrison of Wilayat Kirkuk and Wilayat Dijlah
  - Saladin Battalion
- Elite forces
  - Seekers of Martyrdom

Strength 42,000 soldiers 2,000 militantsCasualties and losses Unknown 942 killed (Iraqi claim)
1,000 captured or surrendered

The Battle of Hawija was an offensive launched in September 2017 by the Iraqi Army, in order to recapture the town of Hawija and the surrounding areas from the ISIS.

The offensive was concurrent with the 2017 Central Syria campaign by the Syrian Army to capture IS territory towards Deir ez-Zor, as well as with the Raqqa campaign (2016–17) conducted by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against IS's de facto capital city and stronghold in Syria.