Islamic State invasion of Iraq
June 5–25, 2014 · Nineveh Governorate
Islamic State forces swept through northern Iraq and took Mosul and Tikrit as the Iraqi army collapsed. The group soon declared a caliphate over the land it held in Iraq and Syria.
Iraq
Islamic State
Before and after
- Followed from
- Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013) December 18, 2011 – December 30, 2013
