Fall of Fallujah | |||||||||
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Part of the Anbar campaign, the War in Iraq and the war on terror | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
200–300 fighters | 10,000+ soldiers | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
50+ fighters killed | 458+ soldiers killed or executed |
The fall of Fallujah was a battle in the city of Fallujah in western Iraq that took place from late 2013 to early 2014, in which Islamic State (IS) and other Sunni insurgents 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.