Operation al-Shabah

Operation al-Shabah
Part of the Syrian civil war and Iraqi insurgency

Location of Al Anbar and Nineveh Governorates within Iraq
Date20 May – 14 July 2013
(1 month, 3 weeks and 3 days)
Location
Al Anbar and Nineveh Governorates, Iraq
Result Several militant camps and weapons caches eliminated
Belligerents

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Al-Nusra Front

Iraq Iraqi Government

Commanders and leaders
Abu Dua
Abu Mohammad al-Julani[1]		 Iraq Nouri al-Maliki
Iraq Babaker Shawkat B. Zebari
Iraq Lieutenant-General Basim al-Tai[2]
Strength
Unknown 8,000[3]
Casualties and losses
43 killed, 57 captured[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] 20 policemen killed[12][13][14]
16 policemen injured[15][16][17][11]
7 soldiers killed
10 soldiers injured[5][6][7][16][18]
3 Syrian civilians killed
6 Iraqi civilians killed
4 Iraqi civilians kidnapped[13]
6 Iraqi civilians injured[19]

Operation al-Shabah (Arabic: عملية الشبح, lit. 'Operation Phantom') was launched in May 2013 by the Iraqi Army, with the stated aim of severing contact between the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant and the al-Nusra Front in Syria by clearing militants from the border area with Syria and Jordan.[4]

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  19. ^ "National Iraqi News Agency - NINA". Ninanews.com. Archived from the original on 21 October 2014. Retrieved 17 October 2014.