Al Anbar campaign

The Iraq War in Anbar Province, also known as the Al Anbar campaign, was a counterinsurgency campaign waged in the western Iraqi province of Al Anbar between the United States military and American-backed Government of Iraq against Sunni insurgents. The campaign lasted from 2003 until 2008, although the majority of the fighting took place between April 2004 and September 2007. The Iraq War in Anbar Province initially saw heavy urban warfare primarily between Iraqi insurgents and United States Marines. In later years insurgents focused on ambushing the American and Iraqi security forces with mines, known as Improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Both commited multiple human rights violations, the majority by anti-government Iraqis but...