Third Battle of Fallujah 2016
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Recorded location from Wikidata; battle sites are often approximate.
Key facts
| Date | 29 June 2016 | Wikidata |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 2016 | Wikidata P585 (point in time) |
| Era | Post-1945 (1946 onwards) | derived from year |
| Location | Iraq | Natural Earth (modern borders) |
| Continent | Asia | Natural Earth |
| War / conflict | Iraqi insurgency | Wikidata P361 |
| Participants | Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, Hadi Al-Amiri, Haider Al-Abadi, Iran, Iraq, Islamic State, Khaled al-Obaidi, Qasem Soleimani | Wikidata P710 |
| Coordinates | 33.3667, 43.7667 | Wikidata P625 |
About the battle
The Third Battle of Fallujah, code-named Operation Breaking Terrorism (Arabic: عملية كسر الإرهاب) by the Iraqi government, was a military operation against ISIL launched to capture the city of Fallujah and its suburbs, located about 69 kilometres (43 mi) west of Baghdad, the capital of Iraq. The operation began on 22 May 2016, three months after the Iraqi forces had started the total siege of Fallujah. On 26 June, Iraqi forces recaptured the city of Fallujah, before recapturing the remaining pocket of ISIL resistance in Fallujah's western outskirts two days later.
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