Iranian drone strike operation against ISIS
| Operation Strike of Muharram | |
|---|---|
| Part of the reactions to the Ahvaz military parade attack and the Deir ez-Zor Governorate campaign of the Syrian civil war | |
| Type | Missile and drone strike |
| Location | 34°41′22″N 40°49′51″E / 34.68944°N 40.83083°E / 34.68944; 40.83083 |
| Target | Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
| Date | 1 October 2018 2 a.m. local time (UTC+03:30) |
| Executed by | IRGC Aerospace Force |
  Hajin Location of the ISIL base hit by missiles | |
On 1 October 2018, under the code name Operation Strike of Muharram (Persian: ضربت محرم, romanized: Zarbat-e-Moharram),[1] Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) conducted missile and drone strikes against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant based east of the Euphrates river in Syria in retaliation to the Ahvaz military parade attack the previous week.
- ^ Nadimi, Farzin (1 October 2018), "For a Second Time, Iran Fires Missiles at IS Targets in Syria", The Washington Institute for Near East Policy (PolicyWatch), no. 3022