Ajlun offensive

Ajlun offensive
Part of the Black September
Countryside in Ajlun
Date 12–23 July 1971 (1 week and 4 days) Location Ajlun, Jordan Result Jordanian victory
Belligerents
Jordan	PLO
Commanders and leaders
Wasfi Tal Habis Majali	Khalil al-Wazir Abu Ali Iyad †
Units involved
Jordanian Armed Forces Royal Jordanian Army Royal Jordanian Air Force "Popular Army"[1]	Al-'Asifah
Strength
30,000[2]	c. 2,500[3]
Casualties and losses
c. 150–200	c. 200–250 killed c. 2,300 captured

The Ajlun offensive, also known as the Battle of the Scrubland,^[3] was a major military engagement between Jordan and the Palestine Liberation Organization during the Black September conflict in 1971. Jordanian troops encircled thousands of Palestinian fedayeen and forced them to evacuate from the area.