Operation Karbala Ten

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conflict=Operation Karbala Ten
partof=Iran-Iraq War


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date= May 1987
place= Northern Iraq
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territory=Minor territorial gains for Iran; Iranian advance halts at Mawat.
result=Strategic Iranian victory
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Operation Karbala Ten was a joint effort by Iran and the Kurdish rebels in Iraq.

Because there was hardly any movement anymore at the southern front, the Iranians thought they could better break through in the Northern front in Kurdish Iraq. They broke through the Iraqi defense lines and surrounded the garrison at Mawat. Though endangering the Iraqi oil fields of Kirkuk and the pipeline to Turkey the Iranians didn't get much further than this.

References

* [http://www.iranchamber.com/history/iran_iraq_war/iran_iraq_war2.php History of Iran: Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988] , Iran Chamber Society