Battle of Basra (1991)
4 March
### 4 March

By 4 March, the forces loyal to Saddam Hussein had managed to gain the upper hand in the battle, and began a brutal counter\-offensive characterised by the arbitrary killing of civilians, with government tanks reportedly firing at buildings and civilians and Republican Guardsmen engaging in massacres against the civilian population. The fighting entered a stand\-still by early April and the local resistance and the Republican Guardsmen entered a truce.


Did the local resistance and Republican Guardsmen engage in violence against each other?