| Dhuluiya offensive | |||||||||
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| Part of the Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) and the Salahuddin campaign (2014–15) | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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Local Sunni tribesmen
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
 Haider al-Abadi Karim al-Nuri |
 Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| 1 killed | 300 fighters killed (Iraqi claim)[2] | ||||||||
The Dhuluiya offensive was launched on 28 December 2014 by Iraqi forces backed by Sunni tribesmen and Shia militiamen on the strategic town of Dhuluiya (Arabic: الضلوعية), which had been held by ISIL for months. On 30 December, the area was recaptured and the ISIL siege on the Sunni al-Juburi tribe was broken.
It was part of a bigger campaign to fully clear the Saladin Governorate.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
dailystar30was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Iraqi forces 'recapture Dhuluiya from Islamic State'". BBC News. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2015.