✦ History

War in Iraq (2013–2017)

December 30, 2013 – December 9, 2017

Result Iraqi–allied victory

War in which the Islamic State seized much of northern and western Iraq, including Mosul, before Iraqi forces, Kurdish fighters and a US-led coalition retook the territory.

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Battles and events 20

December 30, 2013 – June 25, 2014
Anbar campaign (2013–2014) ISIL victory Al Anbar Governorate Nouri al-Maliki, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
June 4–10, 2014
Fall of Mosul ISIL victory Mosul Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi
June 5–25, 2014
Islamic State invasion of Iraq Nineveh Governorate Nouri al-Maliki, Masoud Barzani, Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri
June 11, 2014 – October 22, 2015
Second Battle of Baiji Baiji Abdel-Wahab al-Saadi, Qasem Soleimani
June 26–30, 2014
First Battle of Tikrit ISIL victory Tikrit
August 1–4, 2014
Battle of Zumar Peshmerga victory Zummar Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi
August 2014
Sinjar massacre Sinjar
August 1–19, 2014
Northern Iraq offensive (August 2014) Haider Al-Abadi, Masoud Barzani, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
October 2–14, 2014
Fall of Hīt (2014) IS victory
October 24–26, 2014
Liberation of Jurf Al Sakhar Iraqi victory Jurf Al Sakhar Qasem Soleimani
October 29 – December 21, 2014
First Battle of Baiji Baiji Nouri al-Maliki
March 2 – April 17, 2015
Second Battle of Tikrit Tikrit Fadhil Jalil al-Barwari, Abdel-Wahab al-Saadi, Qasem Soleimani
December 8, 2015
Battle of Ramadi (2015–2016) Iraqi government victory Ramadi Haider Al-Abadi, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Fadhil Jalil al-Barwari
February 2 – May 22, 2016
Siege of Fallujah (2016) Fallujah Haider Al-Abadi, Fadhil Jalil al-Barwari, Abu Waheeb
March 24, 2016
Shirqat offensive (2016) Iraqi victory Erbil Governorate Barack Obama, François Hollande, David Cameron
July 2–3, 2016
2016 Karrada bombing Karrada
October 16, 2016 – July 20, 2017
Battle of Mosul (2016–2017) Iraqi and allied victory Mosul Masoud Barzani, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Abd al-Ameer Yarallah
August 20 – September 2, 2017
Battle of Tal Afar (2017) Iraqi victory Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Abd al-Ameer Yarallah, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi
September 20 – October 8, 2017
Battle of Hawija Iraqi victory Hawija Abd al-Ameer Yarallah
December 9, 2017
2017 Western Iraq campaign Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Abd al-Ameer Yarallah

Key commanders

Islamic State 7

Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri military commander Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi leader, Leader of the Islamic State Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi military commander Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi military commander Abu Muslim al-Turkmani military commander Abu Ali al-Anbari military commander Abu Waheeb military commander

Iraq 9

Nouri al-Maliki head of state/government Haider Al-Abadi head of state/government Masoud Barzani military commander Ali Ghaidan Majid military commander Qasem Soleimani military commander Abd al-Ameer Yarallah military commander Fadhil Jalil al-Barwari military commander Saadoun al-Dulaimi military commander Murat Karayılan military commander

Iraq and allies 10

Fadhil Jalil al-Barwari military commander Abdel-Wahab al-Saadi military commander Qasem Soleimani military commander Abd al-Ameer Yarallah military commander Barack Obama belligerent leader François Hollande belligerent leader David Cameron belligerent leader Theresa May military commander Justin Trudeau belligerent leader Haider Al-Abadi belligerent leader