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Iraqi Security Forces, advised by U.S. Special Forces, killed seven criminal members and detained 16 others during three separate operations in Basra directed by the Iraqi government. [33] Muqtada al-Sadr offers the Iraqi government to help purge militia members from Iraqi security forces. [34]
The Battle of Basra lasted from 21 March to 6 April 2003 and was one of the first battles of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.The British 7 Armoured Brigade fought their way into Iraq's second-largest city, Basra, on 6 April coming under constant attack by the Iraqi Army 51st Division and Fedayeen Saddam, [3] while elements of the Parachute Regiment cleared the 'old quarter' of the city that was ...
The siege of Basra was initiated by the Mahdi Army (Jaysh al-Mahdi) to capture the city of Basra in 2007. Following the reported major failure of the coalition forces, whose purpose was to stabilise Basra and prepare it for the turning over of security to Iraqi government forces, the city was overrun by insurgent forces from three different Iraqi factions including the Mahdi Army, and the ...
BASRA, Iraq (AP) — Iraqi security forces deployed on the streets of Basra on Saturday, a day after protesters in the southern city stormed the Iranian consulate and torched government buildings ...
Large fires burned in Basra, Iraq, on the night of September 5 as demonstrators rallied against the killing of six protesters over the past two days of demonstrations.Al Arabiya reported ...
During the invasion of Iraq, Basra was the first city to fall to Coalition forces, following two weeks of fighting between the British and Iraqi forces. Following the collapse of the Iraqi government, a number of Shi'ite Islamist groups, including the Sadrist Trend led by Muqtada al-Sadr, the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council and Fadhila, were able to expand their influence in Basra, solidifying ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. February 2024 United States airstrikes in Iraq and Syria Part of the attacks on U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, and Syria (2023–present) and the Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present) Location Iraq and Syria Target Iranian Revolutionary Guards Liwa al-Tafuf Popular Mobilization Forces Kata'ib ...
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