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Iraqi Civil War (2014-present)

Iraqi Civil War (2014–present)
Part of the Arab Winter and the spillover of the Syrian Civil War
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Military situation in Iraq on 20 November 2016
  Controlled by the Iraqi Government and/or Shi'ite militias
  Controlled by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant
  Controlled by the Kurdistan Regional Government
For a map of the current military situation of Iraqi insurgency, see .
Date January 2014 – present
(3 years)
Location Iraq
Status
  • ISIL forces seize at least 70% of Anbar province, including the cities of Fallujah,Al Qaim,Abu Ghraib and half of Ramadi during the Anbar campaign
  • Tikrit, Mosul and most of the Nineveh province, along with parts of Salahuddin, Kirkuk and Diyala provinces, seized by insurgent forces in the June 2014 offensive
  • ISIL captures Sinjar and a number of other towns in the August 2014 offensive, but Sinjar becomes a contested city in December 2014
  • ISF expel ISIL from Diyala in February 2015, and recapture Tikrit in April 2015
  • ISIL fully captures Ramadi in May 2015, leaving them in control of 90% of Anbar
  • Peshmerga recapture Sinjar in November 2015, and ISF recapture Ramadi in February 2016, Hīt in April 2016 and Fallujah in June 2016
Main belligerents

 ISIL


Political Council for the Iraqi Resistance


Military Council of Anbar's Revolutionaries


Ba'ath Party Loyalists

Iraqi government

 Iran

 Syria
(airstrikes, limited involvement)


Popular Mobilization Forces

Supported by:


Iraqi Turkmen Front

Supported by:


Iraqi Kurdistan

TEV-DEM

PKK

PJAK

Sinjar Alliance

Assyrian forces

Commanders and leaders

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


Izzat Ibrahim ad-Douri
Islamic Army of Iraq (emblem).pngIsmail Jubouri
Wikipedia

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