This article is about the insurgency in Iraq after the defeat of the Islamic State. For the previous IS insurgency after the withdrawal of US troops in 2011, see
Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013). For the insurgency in Iraq after the US invasion in 2003, see
Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011).
The Islamic State insurgency in Iraq is an ongoing low-intensity insurgency that began in 2017 after the Islamic State (IS) lost its territorial control in the War in Iraq, during which IS and allied White Flags fought the Iraqi military (largely backed by the United States, United Kingdom and other countries conducting airstrikes against IS) and allied paramilitary forces (largely backed by Iran).
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Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present) |
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Part of the Iraqi conflict and war against the Islamic State |
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Iraqi_Special_Operations_Forces_%28ISOF%29_March_2020.jpg/220px-Iraqi_Special_Operations_Forces_%28ISOF%29_March_2020.jpg) The ISOF, which played the biggest role in curbing IS, in a military parade |
Date | 9 December 2017 – present (6 years, 7 months and 5 days) |
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Location | Iraq |
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Status |
Ongoing as a hit-and-run campaign |
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Belligerents |
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Iraq
Rojava (cross-border cooperation since May 2018)[2] Supported by:
CJTF-OIR (until 2021)
Kurdistan Region
Supported by:
Netherlands[3] |
Islamic State
White Flags |
Commanders and leaders |
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Abdul Latif Rashid (Commander in Chief)
Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani (General Commander)
Abdel Emir Yarallah (Chief of the General Staff)
Abdul Amir al-Shammari (Minister of Interior)
Thabit Al Abassi (Minister of Defence)
Abdel-Wahab al-Saadi (Counter Terrorism Service)
Falih Alfayyadh
Qais Khazali
Hadi al-Amiri
Emmanuel Macron
Keir Starmer
Joe Biden
Donald Trump
Lt. Gen. Paul LaCamera
Nechirvan Barzani
Masoud Barzani
Sirwan Barzani
Jaafar Sheikh Mustafa |
Abu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (Leader of IS) Abu Hudhayfah Al-Ansari (Spokesmen)
Abu Fatima al-Jaheishi
Abu Jandal al-Masri
Abu Yusaf Abu Muhammad al-Jazrawi
Sami Jasim Muhammad al-Jaburi (POW)[4]
Faysal Ahmad Ali al-Zahrani
Zulfi Hoxha †
Bajro Ikanović †
Ahlam al-Nasr Hiwa Chor
Assi al-Qawali (POW)
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Units involved |
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Iraq
Kurdistan Region
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Islamic State
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Strength |
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Iraq: 530,000 personnel (including paramilitary forces)[9] |
Islamic State: 5,000–7,000 (per UN, 2023, in Iraq and Syria)[10] 400–500 (per Iraq, 2023)[10] |
Casualties and losses |
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2,361 killed (as of December 2023) (Iraqi government claim)
12 killed, 2 HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters crashed[11][12][13][14]
1 killed[15]
3 killed[16] |
6,266 killed (as of December 2023) (Iraqi government claim)[17] |
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