War in Iraq (2013–2017)
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The War in Iraq was an armed conflict between Iraq and its allies and the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL). This began in 2013 and ended in December 2017.
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 | |||||||
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Main belligerents | |||||||
Allied groups:
Sinjar Alliance CJTF–OIR | Islamic State | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Haider al-Abadi2014–2017</ref> 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 | |||||||
See order | See order | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
Iraqi security forces Awakening Council militias: 30,000[35]
US Forces: 5,000[40] Canadian Forces: 600[41] French Forces: 500[42] Italian Forces: 500[43] British Forces: 500 |
ISIL: | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Iraqi security forces and militias: Kurdistan Workers' Party: Liwa Zainebiyoun: CJTF–OIR: 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] |