2013 Hawija clashes | |||||||
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Part of the Iraqi insurgency and the 2012–2013 Iraqi protests | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
| Sahwa militia | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi |
Nouri al-Maliki | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Naqshbandi Army: 1,500–5,000[2] |
Iraqi Army: ~300,000 Iraqi Police: ~300,000[3] Peshmerga: ~200,000[4] Sons of Iraq: 30,000 (June 2012)[5] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
242 killed |
51 soldiers killed, 62+ injured 38 policemen killed, 41+ injured 6 Sahwa members killed, 1 injured[6][7][8][9][10] | ||||||
111+ killed on 23 April (42 in Hawija)[6][11] 86+ killed on 24 April[7] 96+ killed on 25 April[8] 38+ killed on 26 April[9] Total casualty toll (23 – 26 Apr): 330+ killed, ~600 injured |
The 2013 Hawija clashes relate to a series of violent attacks within Iraq, as part of the 2012–2013 Iraqi protests and Iraqi insurgency post-U.S. withdrawal. On 23 April, an army raid against a protest encampment in the city of Hawija, west of Kirkuk, led to dozens of civilian deaths and the involvement of several insurgent groups in organized action against the government, leading to fears of a return to a wide-scale Sunni–Shia conflict within the country. By 27 April, more than 300 people were reported killed and scores more injured in one of the worst outbreaks of violence since the U.S. withdrawal in December 2011.[6][7][8][9][10][12]
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