Operation Karbala 10
| Operation Karbala Ten |
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| Part of Iran-Iraq War |
| Date | May 1987 |
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| Location | Northern Iraq |
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| Result |
Limited Iranian victory |
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Territorial
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Minor territorial gains for Iran; Iranian advance halts at Mawat. |
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| Belligerents |
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%3B_Flag_of_Syria_(1963-1972).svg.png) Iraq |
 Iran
 Peshmerga |
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| Iraqi invasion (1980)
Stalemate (1981)
Iranian offensives to free Iranian territory (1982)
Iranian offensives in Iraq (1982–84)
Iranian offensives in Iraq (1985–87)
Final stages (1988)
Tanker War
International incidents
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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.
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