Anbar clashes (2013–14)

The Islamist insurgency in Anbar province is a escalated in January 2014, conflict between the allied with the Al - Qaeda organization Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant ( ISIL or ISIS ) on the one hand and the Shiite- dominated Iraqi forces on the other side. Sunni tribal militias to fight against both sides.

Development

The trigger for the eviction of a Sunni protest camp on a highway near the city of Ramadi, located west of Baghdad is seen on 27 December 2013, with 14 deaths; Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al -Maliki had described the camp as Al - Qaeda infiltrated.

On January 1, two police stations were set on fire in Fallujah and freed hundreds of prisoners; on January 2, has attacked the cities of Ramadi and Fallujah, the ISIL. Fallujah was taken during the day, while Ramadi was only partially occupied and defended by Stammesmilizien and the police. Nuri al -Maliki called on the inhabitants and tribes in Fallujah to dislodge the Al- Qaeda fighters from the city.

Reactions

National

In protest against the eviction of the protest camp ended 44 Sunni Iraqi parliamentarians its mandate.

Internationally

The acting Secretary of State John Kerry has offered all possible assistance imaginable, but excluded to send American troops to Iraq again. Jay Carney, press secretary of the White House, supplemented this help by hundred Hellfire missiles delivered ahead of schedule and ten Scan Eagle surveillance drones should be provided.

Iran provided assistance in the form of advisors and equipment to: he will send them immediately to Iraq, when a request was suffered. The Iranian chief of staff Mohammad Hedschasi but ruled out sending troops to Iraq.