War in Iraq (2013–2017) |
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Part of the Iraqi conflict, spillover of the Syrian civil war and the war against the Islamic State |
Iraqi special forces APC on the street of Mosul, Northern Iraq in 16 November, 2016 during the Battle of Mosul |
Date | 30 December 2013[1][2] – 9 December 2017[3] (3 years, 11 months, 1 week and 2 days) |
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Location | |
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Status |
Iraqi and allied victory[4]
- Iraqi territorial integrity saved
- ISIL removed from all strongholds by 11 November 2017[5][6]
- Iraq declares the defeat of ISIL on 9 December 2017 after securing the western desert with Syria[3]
- Iraqi federal government captures 20% of territory controlled by KRG after an independence referendum (vote)[5]
- Continued low-level ISIL insurgency in rural parts of Iraq after defeat
- End of open conflict and return of relative stability to Iraq after the end of the war[7]
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Main belligerents |
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Iraq[8]
Iraqi Armed Forces
Allied groups:
- Template:Country data Iraqi Turkmen Front
Iraqi Communist Party
Various self-defense groups
Iran
Hezbollah
Syria[9]
Iraqi Kurdistan[8]
Peshmerga
- CTG Kurdistan
- Parastin u Zanyari
Assyrian Forces (Kurdish command)
- Kurdish National Council[10]
Sinjar Alliance
PKK[11]
Template:Country data Rojava[11]
CJTF–OIR
United States
United Kingdom
Canada[12][13]
Australia[14]
France
Italy
Netherlands
Finland[15]
Denmark[16]
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Islamic State |
Commanders and leaders |
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Haider al-Abadi2014–2017</ref>
Nouri al-Maliki2013–2014</ref>
Babaker Zebari2013–2015</ref>
Fadhil Barwari
Talib Shaghati
Abdel Emir Yarallah
Sabah Al-Fatlawi
Abdul Ghani al-Asadi
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png) Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png) Akram al-Kaabi
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png) Hadi al-Amiri
Ali Khamenei
Qasem Soleimani
Hamid Taqavi †
Massoud Barzani
Nechirvan Barzani Template:Country data Kurdistan Region Sirwan Barzani |
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi
Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi
Abu Muhannad al-Suwaydawi †
Abu Muslim al-Turkmani †
Abu Fatima al-Jaheishi
Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi †
Abu Ahmad al-Alwani †
Abu Waheeb † |
Units involved |
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See order |
See order |
Strength |
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Iraqi security forces 600,000 (300,000 Army and 300,000 Police)[30]
Popular Mobilization Forces: 60,000–90,000[31]
Awakening Council militias: 30,000[35]
Contractors: 7,000[36][37]
Peshmerga: 200,000[38][39]
US Forces: 5,000[40]
Canadian Forces: 600[41]
French Forces: 500[42]
Italian Forces: 500[43]
British Forces: 500 |
ISIL:
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Casualties and losses |
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Iraqi security forces and militias: 19,000+ killed and 29,000+ wounded[47]
Peshmerga fighters:[48] 1,837 killed 10,546 wounded 62 missing or captured
Kurdistan Workers' Party: 180 killed (2014–Jan. 2016)[49]
IRGC: 43 killed[50]
Liwa Zainebiyoun: 3 killed[50]
CJTF–OIR:
57 killed (44 non-hostile), 58 wounded[51]
1 killed (non-hostile)[52]
1 killed (friendly fire) [53]
1 killed[54]
1 killed (non-hostile)[55]
Total: 21,124 dead and 39,546 wounded |
ISIL 129,000+ killed[56][57][58][59] |
67,376 civilians killed (Iraq body count figures)[60] 5,625,024 displaced (IOM Iraq figures)[61][62] [63] |