Iraq Civil War (2014–present)

Iraqi Civil War (2014–present)

Part of the Iraqi conflict, the Arab Winter, and the spillover of the Syrian Civil War

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Military situation in Iraq, as of 12 December 2017

Controlled by the Iraqi Government

Controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant

Controlled by Sinjar Resistance Units and PKK forces in Sinjar

Controlled by the Peshmerga and Kurdistan Region

(For a map of the military situation in Iraq, see .)

Date

1 January 2014 – present
(3 years, 11 months and 3 weeks)

Location

Iraq

Status

Ongoing

Iraqi territorial integrity preserved
ISIL expelled from all remaining strongholds and the western desert, as of 9 December 2017
ISIL genocides against Yazidis, Shias, and Christians in 2014
Iraqi federal government captures 20% of territory controlled by KRG

Main belligerents

Iraq

Allied groups:

Iran
Hezbollah
Syria (2014)

Iraqi Kurdistan

Peshmerga

Kurdish National Council
Sinjar Alliance
PKK
Rojava

CJTF–OIR
United States
United Kingdom
Australia
France
Jordan
Kuwait
Netherlands
Belgium (2014–17)
Turkey (2014–17)
Canada (2014–16)
Denmark (2014–16)
Morocco (2014–16)

Further support:

ISIL

Military of ISIL

Other anti-government groups

Commanders and leaders

Haider Al-Abadi
Fuad Masum
Nouri al-Maliki (2014–2015)
Babaker Shawkat B. Zebari (2014–2015)
Ahmad Abu Risha

Muqtada al-Sadr
Qais al-Khazali
Akram al-Kabi
Abu Mustafa al-Sheibani
Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis
Wathiq al-Battat (POW)

Massoud Barzani

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
(Leader of ISIL)
Abu Fatima al-Jaheishi
(Deputy leader in Iraq)

KIA:

Abu Muslim al-Turkmani † (Deputy Leader, Iraq)
Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi † (Former Head of Military Council)
Abu Ahmad al-Alwani † (Former member of Military Council)
Abu Waheeb † (Commander in Anbar)

Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri

Strength

Iraqi security forces
600,000 (300,000 Army and 300,000 Police)
Awakening Council militias - 30,000
Contractors ~7,000
US Forces: 5,000
Canadian Forces: 600
French Forces: 500
British Forces: 500

Popular Mobilization Forces: 60,000-90,000

Badr Brigade: 10,000
Turkmen Brigades: 30,000

Peshmerga: 200,000

30,000–100,000 fighters

Ba'ath Party Loyalists

Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order: 5,000+
Islamic Army in Iraq: 10,400 (2007)
SCJL: 10,000+
MCIR: 75,000
Free Iraqi Army: 2,500

Casualties and losses

Iraqi security forces and militias:
33,500+ killed

Iraqi Army:
26,000+ killed and 28,000+ wounded
Popular Mobilization Forces:
7,500 killed

Peshmerga fighters:
1,760 killed
9,725 wounded
63 missing or captured

Kurdistan Workers' Party:
180 killed (from 2014 to January 2016)

IRGC:
42 killed

CJTF–OIR:

50 killed (37 non-hostile), 58 wounded
1 killed (non-hostile)
1 killed
1 killed (non-hostile)

ISIL fighters:
25,000+ killed and 5,841 captured

29,470 civilians killed and 54,111 wounded
(UN figures, January 2014 – August 2017)
66,737 civilians killed
(Iraq body count figures, January 2014 – October 2017)
4,525,968 displaced (IOM Iraq figures, January 2014 – February 2017)

Total deaths: 90,005–127,272
(as of December 2017)

Ongoing

Iraq

Allied groups:

Iran
Hezbollah
Syria (2014)

Iraqi Kurdistan

Kurdish National Council
Sinjar Alliance
PKK
Rojava

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