2013 Hawija clashes

When

23 Apr 2013 – 26 Apr 2013

Kind

Protest

Coordinates

35.33° N, 43.77° E

Description

masacres in Iraq

Placed at the coordinates of its Spanish Wikipedia article.

Violence in northern Iraq during the post-U.S. insurgency

The 2013 Hawija clashes relate to a series of violent attacks within Iraq, as part of the 2012–2013 Iraqi protests and Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013). On 23 April, an army raid against a protest encampment in the city of Hawija, west of Kirkuk, led to dozens of civilian deaths and the involvement of several insurgent groups in organized action against the government, leading to fears of a return to a wide-scale Sunni–S…

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