Operation Dawn 10

Launched with the code of "Ya Rasūl Allāh (s)" (Persian: (یا رسول الله (ص){{cite web |date=17 March 2018 |title=WalFajr-10 operation -- Halabja liberation and chemical attacks by the Iraqi Ba'ath regime |url=https://www.irna.ir/news/82865001/%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AC%D8%B110-%D8%A2%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C-%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A8%DA%86%D9%87-%D9%88-%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%B1%DA%98%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AB-%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82 |access-date=13 August 2019 |publisher=irna.ir}} (likewise "Ya Muhammad ibn Abdullah"),{{cite web |title=Liberation -- Operation Walfajr-10 (Dawn-10) |url=http://iqna.ir/fa/news/3700355 |access-date=13 August 2019 |publisher=iqna.ir}}{{cite web |title=Holy Defense, operation Walfajr-10 |url=http://defamoghaddas.ir/fa/fight/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AC%D8%B1-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813121813/http://defamoghaddas.ir/fa/fight/%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AC%D8%B1-10 |archive-date=13 August 2019 |access-date=13 August 2019 |publisher=defamoghaddas.ir}}{{cite web |title=Shahid Qahreman Mahdi-Zadeh -- Operation Dawn-10 |url=http://www.dana.ir/news/1058144.html/%D9%82%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86--%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%B4%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D9%82%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86-%D9%85%D9%87%D8%AF%DB%8C-%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%AF--%D9%85%D8%B1%DA%AF-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%AE%D8%AF%D8%A7-%DB%8C%DA%A9-%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%AE%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D9%88-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B2%D8%B4-%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA |access-date=13 August 2019 |publisher=dana.ir}} Operation Dawn-10{{cite web |url=https://www.tabnak.ir/fa/news/575051/%D9%86%D8%A7%DA%AF%D9%81%D8%AA%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AC%D8%B1-10 |title=Untold words from "Operation Walfajr-10" |publisher=tabnak.ir |access-date=13 August 2019}}{{cite web |url=https://www.aparat.com/v/1OTyv/%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%AF_%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AC%D8%B1_10 |title=Documentary of operation dawn 10 (Walfajr-10) |publisher=aparat.com |access-date=13 August 2019}} was executed on the west heights overlooking Darbandikhan Lake in the Sulaymaniyah Governorate in Iraq with the operational goal of preparing a full-on assault on the Darbandikhan Dam.{{cite web | url=http://pmrk.ir/amalyatha/2.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720165525/http://pmrk.ir/amalyatha/2.html | archive-date=2018-07-20 | title=عملیات والفجر 10 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.ashoora.ir/%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%87%D8%A7/1382-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AC%D8%B1-10-%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A8%DA%86%D9%87.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720140037/http://www.ashoora.ir/%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%87%D8%A7/1382-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AC%D8%B1-10-%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A8%DA%86%D9%87.html | archive-date=2018-07-20 | title=عملیات والفجر 10 (حلبچه) }} Iranian forces quickly encircled their main objectives with ease, and the Iraqis did not have the time to reinforce the threatened area. The siege caught them by surprise, as they were expecting an attack from the southern front, from where Iran mainly operated. Roughly 10,000 Iraqi troops were killed or wounded, while some 5,440 more were captured.{{cite web |title=Operation Dawn-10 (Halahbja) |url=http://www.ashoora.ir/%D8%AF%D9%81%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D9%85%D9%82%D8%AF%D8%B3/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%87%D8%A7/1382-%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AC%D8%B1-10-%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A8%DA%86%D9%87.html |access-date=13 August 2019 |publisher=ashoora.ir}} Iraq also lost hundreds of tanks, armoured vehicles, and equipment{{cite web | url=http://www.negineiran.ir/article_3157_10.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720140001/http://www.negineiran.ir/article_3157_10.html | archive-date=2018-07-20 | title=گزارش عملیات والفجر 10 }} whereas Iran sustained many fewer losses.{{cite web | url=https://www.mehrnews.com/news/297655/عمليات-والفجر-10-غربت-يك-حماسه-در-سايه-يك-فاجعه-هولناك-انساني/ | title=عمليات والفجر 10 ؛ غربت يك حماسه در سايه يك فاجعه هولناك انساني - خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency }}

Overall, the operation led to the capture of three towns and around 100 villages{{cite web |url=http://defapress.ir/fa/news/338260/%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AC%D8%B1-10-%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%AD-%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1-%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A8%DA%86%D9%87-%DA%A9%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82 |title=Halabja conquest, Operation Walfajr-10 (Dawn-10) |publisher=defapress.ir |access-date=13 August 2019}} in the 1,200-square-kilometer operational area,{{cite web |url=http://daneshnameh.roshd.ir/mavara/mavara-index.php?page=%d8%b9%d9%85%d9%84%db%8c%d8%a7%d8%aa+%d9%88%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%81%d8%ac%d8%b1+10&SSOReturnPage=Check&Rand=0 |title=Walfajr-10 Operation |publisher=roshd.ir |access-date=13 August 2019}} including Halabja, Kharmal, Biareh, and Tawileh. Iran also claimed that the town of Nosud was retaken from Iraqi forces. The offensive forced Iraq to divert important divisions from the south to the northern Iraqi mountains, disrupting the overall war effort.

To punish Kurds involved in the battle, Saddam ordered the Iraqi military to chemically bombard Halabja the next day, killing thousands of civilians and destroying the town.{{cite web | url=https://www.irna.ir/news/82865001/%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%81%D8%AC%D8%B110-%D8%A2%D8%B2%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%B2%DB%8C-%D8%AD%D9%84%D8%A8%DA%86%D9%87-%D9%88-%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%85%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%B1%DA%98%DB%8C%D9%85-%D8%A8%D8%B9%D8%AB-%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%82 | title=عملیات والفجر10؛آزادسازی حلبچه و حملات شیمیایی رژیم بعث عراق | date=17 March 2018 }}

• Operation Beit ol-Moqaddas 4
• Halabja massacre

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Category:Military operations of the Iran–Iraq War in 1988

Category:March 1988 in Asia

Category:1988 in Iraqi Kurdistan

Category:History of Sulaymaniyah Governorate

Category:Military operations of the Iran–Iraq War involving the Peshmerga