Iranian intervention in Iraq (2014–present)

Iranian intervention in Iraq (2014–present)

Part of the Military intervention against ISIL

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Present territorial control of Iraq, ISIL (gray), Iraqi Government (red), Kurdish forces (yellow), as of November 16, 2016

Date	13 June 2014 – present (2 years, 9 months and 1 week)
Location	Iraq
Status	Iranian airstrikes on ISIL positions in Iraq Some sources say that Iranian troops are engaging ISIL in Iraq, Iran denies that Ground contact between Iranian-affiliated Iraqi militias and ISIL troops

Belligerents

Iraq
Iraqi Kurdistan

al-Hashd al-Shaabi:
Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq
Badr Organization Kata'ib Hezbollah
Muqawimun
Peace Brigades
Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada
Kata'ib al-Imam Ali

Sunni tribal militias:

Christian militias:

Kataib Rouh Allah Issa Ibn Miriam

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Ba'ath Party Loyalists

Commanders and leaders

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Leader of ISIL)
Abu Alaa Afri †
(Deputy Leader of ISIL)
Abu Mohammad al-Adnani †

Izzat Ibrahim ad-Douri †

Units involved

Iranian Armed Forces

Quds Force
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force
Islamic Republic of Iran Army Special Forces (since 2016)

Iraqi Armed Forces

Kurdistan Regional Government

Peshmerga

Military of ISIL

Strength

Iran:

Around 100,000 fighters (according to Iraqi Kurdistan Chief of Staff.)

At least a few hundred tanks

3 Drones

Casualties and losses

Iran:

13 killed (confirmed)
1 Mohajer-4 drone captured

Hezbollah:

1 commander killed

Unknown

Iraq
Iraqi Kurdistan

al-Hashd al-Shaabi:
Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq
Badr Organization Kata'ib Hezbollah
Muqawimun
Peace Brigades
Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada
Kata'ib al-Imam Ali

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