Battle of Hawija

Battle of Hawija
Part of the American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–present) and the War in Iraq (2013–2017)
Map of the advances of the Iraqi forces during the offensive
Date 20 September – 8 October 2017 (2 weeks and 4 days)[2][3] Location Eastern Iraq Eastern Saladin Governorate Kirkuk Governorate Northern Diyala Governorate Result Iraqi victory Territorial changes The Iraqi Army recaptures Hawija, 155 villages,[4] and the rest of the eastern Salahuddin and Diyala Provinces[5][6]
Belligerents
Iraq Supported by:  Iran[1] CJTF–OIR  United States	Islamic State
Commanders and leaders
Abdel Emir Yarallah[7] (operations commander) Qais Khazali[8] (leader of Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq) Akram al-Kaabi[8] (HHN secretary general) Abu Mushtaq[1] (PMF commander)	Qusay Hassan Wali Al-Bayati "Abu Haytham"[9] (Wali of Wilayat Kirkuk and Wilayat Dijlah) Abu Nasser al-Zawbaei †[10] (Wali of Hawija) Abu Abdullah al-Tajiki †[11] (sniper commander)
Units involved
Iraqi Security Forces Iraqi Armed Forces  Iraqi Army[7] 9th Division[12] Emergency Response Division[12] Iraqi Special Operations Forces[12]  Iraqi Air Force[10] Iraqi Police[12] Popular Mobilization Forces[1] Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq[8] Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba (HHN)[8] Badr Organization[13] Quwat al-Shaheed al-Sadr al-Awal[13] Liwa al-Taff[13] Turkmen Brigades 16th Brigade[14]  United States Air Force[12]	Military of the Islamic State Garrison of Wilayat Kirkuk and Wilayat Dijlah Saladin Battalion[9] Elite forces Seekers of Martyrdom[15]
Strength
42,000 soldiers[16]	1,500–2,000 militants[17][18]
Casualties and losses
Unknown	942 killed (Iraqi claim)[4] 1,000 captured or surrendered[15]

The Battle of Hawija was an offensive launched in September 2017 by the Iraqi Army, in order to recapture the town of Hawija and the surrounding areas from the Islamic State (IS).^[19]

The offensive was concurrent with the 2017 Central Syria campaign by the Syrian Army to capture IS territory towards Deir ez-Zor, as well as with the Raqqa campaign (2016–17) conducted by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) against IS's de facto capital city and stronghold in Syria.