Historical Organization
Iraqi Kurdistan
Iraqi Kurdistan
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Organization Timeline
Iran opens Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas 2 in Iraqi Kurdistan
π 15 January 1988Iranian forces launched a winter offensive in the Mawat area, seeking high ground and bargaining leverage. The operation made limited gains and showed that Tehran continued to seek battlefield...
Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas 2 concludes with limited gains
π 22 January 1988The offensive in the Mawat area ended after Iranian forces secured some high ground but failed to transform the front. Limited results and heavy costs reinforced the strategic deadlock of the warβs...
Iran launches Operation Dawn 10 in Iraqi Kurdistan
π 14 March 1988Iranian forces began Operation Dawn 10 with Kurdish allies, capturing several towns in the Halabja region. The offensive briefly shifted the front and was followed by Iraqi chemical attacks on the...
Iranian and Kurdish forces capture Halabja
π 15 March 1988Iranian forces and Iraqi Kurdish fighters took Halabja during the Dawn 10 offensive. Iraqi aircraft attacked the city with chemical weapons the next day; that attack is a separate record in Batch 001.