Battle of Tikrit (2015)

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battle military offensive

The Battle of Tikrit (2015) was a major Iraqi-led offensive, heavily supported by Shiite militias and U.S.-led coalition airstrikes, to recapture the strategic city of Tikrit from ISIS control.

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Label	Occurrences
Battle of Tikrit (2015) canonical	1
Tikrit offensive (2015)	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military offensive ⓘ
belligerent	Iraqi Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraqi Federal Police NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraqi government forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Popular Mobilization Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Shiite militias NERFINISHED ⓘ Sunni tribal fighters allied with the government ⓘ
casualties	hundreds of fighters killed ⓘ
civilianImpact	significant civilian displacement ⓘ widespread destruction of infrastructure ⓘ
commander	Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis NERFINISHED ⓘ Hadi al-Amiri NERFINISHED ⓘ Haider al-Abadi NERFINISHED ⓘ Qasem Soleimani NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictType	urban warfare ⓘ
country	Iraq ⓘ
endDate	2015-04-01 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Ramadi (2015) NERFINISHED ⓘ Second Battle of Baiji NERFINISHED ⓘ
ISILCommander	Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature	heavy involvement of Shiite militias ⓘ initial Iranian advisory role ⓘ later decisive U.S.-led air support ⓘ
objective	recapture Tikrit from ISIL ⓘ secure Salahuddin Governorate ⓘ
opponent	ISIL NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) NERFINISHED ⓘ War against the Islamic State NERFINISHED ⓘ
place	Tikrit NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Fall of Tikrit (2014) NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Iraqi government victory ⓘ recapture of Tikrit from ISIL ⓘ
startDate	2015-03-02 ⓘ
strategicImportance	Tikrit is Saddam Hussein’s hometown NERFINISHED ⓘ control of main highway between Baghdad and Mosul ⓘ
supportedBy	Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ Quds Force NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S.-led coalition NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
used	U.S.-led coalition airstrikes ⓘ armored vehicles ⓘ artillery ⓘ improvised explosive devices ⓘ
usedByISIL	booby traps ⓘ snipers ⓘ suicide car bombs ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) → hasPart → Battle of Tikrit (2015) ⓘ

Camp Speicher → associatedWith → Battle of Tikrit (2015) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tikrit offensive (2015)