Operation Karbala 10

Operation Karbala 10
	Part of the Iran–Iraq War
Date	14 April–May 1987
Location	Northern Iraq
Result	Iranian victory
Territorial; changes	Minimal territorial gains of insignificant lands for Iran; Iranian advance halts at Mawat.
Belligerents
Iraq	Iran; Peshmerga

Operation Karbala 10 was a joint effort by Iran and Kurdish PUK rebels in Iraq.

Wanting revenge after their failed attempt to besiege Basra, the Iranians launched Operation Karbala 10 in northern Iraq on 14 April. They wanted to show the Iraqis the strength of their army, however the Iranians supported by a few thousand PUK Peshmergas succeeded to capture the outskirts of Sulaymaniyah and Halabja and succeeded in taking very minimal square kilometres of insignificant lands around them.[1][2]

References

Razoux, Pierre (2015-11-03). The Iran-Iraq War. Harvard University Press. p. 400. ISBN 978-0-674-08863-4.
Sadri, Houman A. (1997). Revolutionary States, Leaders, and Foreign Relations: A Comparative Study of China, Cuba, and Iran. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-275-95321-8.

History of Iran: Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988, Iran Chamber Society

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[1] Razoux, Pierre (2015-11-03). The Iran-Iraq War. Harvard University Press. p. 400. ISBN 978-0-674-08863-4.

[2] Sadri, Houman A. (1997). Revolutionary States, Leaders, and Foreign Relations: A Comparative Study of China, Cuba, and Iran. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 106. ISBN 978-0-275-95321-8.