Battle of Qizil Üzan

The Battle of Qizil Üzan, also known as the Üzan Offensive, was a battle of the Third World War fought by the armies of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the United States of America and its territory of Puerto Rico, and Gulf monarchies Qatar and the United Arab Emirates against the Islamist Republic of Iran and primarily Sunni Islamist fundamentalist armed groups located throughout the Muslim world, with the most prominent groups being remnants of Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State, the Taliban, and the various franchise groups of the former two organizations. It took place between 16 January and 30 March 2023 on both sides of the upper reaches of the River Qizil Üzan in Iran. The battle was intended to hasten a victory for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and was the smallest battle of the war's front in the Middle east. More than twenty-thousand men fought in the battle and fourteen-thousand men were wounded, killed, and captured making it one of the smallest, but bloodiest battles in human history.

After corralling Iranian and other Islamist lone wolves into a densely populated cluster of hamlets and a tent city along the riverside within the second week, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization realised that a greater-than-anticipated number of civilians, most of whom were relatives of the mostly foreign ISIL fighters, were still in the enclave. With coalition oversight, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization attempted an incremental approach to the battle, aiming to launch assaults then pausing to allow surrendering fighters, hostages, and families to evacuate in order to minimize civilian casualties. However, predominantly civilians and families refused American assistance, some even harassing and assaulting soldiers. The trickle-out" strategy, coupled with stiff resistance by veteran Islamic State jihadists within a small dense area, prolonged the battle into a protracted siege. the North Atlantic Treaty Organization officially declared final victory over Iran and Islamic lone wolves in Qizil Üzan on 30 March, marking the end of direct militant and battalion-controlled territories in Iran.