Liberation of Jurf Al Sakhar
Liberation of Jurf Al Sakhar, codenamed Operation Ashura (Arabic: عملية عاشوراء), was a two-day military operation by Iraqi government forces and Iranian-backed Shia militia beginning on 24 October 2014, aimed at retaking the strategic city of Jurf Al Sakhar near Baghdad from ISIL.The operation was mainly aimed at preventing ISIS militants from reaching the holy cities of Karbala and Najaf, where ISIS threatened to carry out attacks against the millions of Shia visitors commemorating the Day of Ashura.
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Liberation of Jurf Al Sakhar
Liberation of Jurf Al Sakhar, codenamed Operation Ashura (Arabic: عملية عاشوراء), was a two-day military operation by Iraqi government forces and Iranian-backed Shia militia beginning on 24 October 2014, aimed at retaking the strategic city of Jurf Al Sakhar near Baghdad from ISIL.The operation was mainly aimed at preventing ISIS militants from reaching the holy cities of Karbala and Najaf, where ISIS threatened to carry out attacks against the millions of Shia visitors commemorating the Day of Ashura.
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La Operación Ashura fue una op ...... conmemoraban el día de Ashura.
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Liberation of Jurf Al Sakhar, ...... mmemorating the Day of Ashura.
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عملية عاشوراء هي عملية أستمرت ...... لزوار الذين يحيون يوم عاشوراء.
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**Air Force
**Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq
**Badr Brigades
**Federal Police
**Kata'ib Hezbollah
*Iraqi Security Forces
*Military of ISIL
*Quds Force
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2014-10-26
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Iraqi victory
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Iraqi government & Shiite militia: 7,000
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Map of the Babil Governorate, where Jurf Al Sakhar is located
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La Operación Ashura fue una op ...... conmemoraban el día de Ashura.
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Liberation of Jurf Al Sakhar, ...... mmemorating the Day of Ashura.
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عملية عاشوراء هي عملية أستمرت ...... لزوار الذين يحيون يوم عاشوراء.
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Liberation of Jurf Al Sakhar
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Operación Ashura
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عملية عاشوراء
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Operation Ashura
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