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
For a map of the current military situation of Iraqi insurgency, see .
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Date |
January 2014 – present
(3 years) |
Location |
Iraq |
Status |
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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
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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
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Main belligerents |
ISIL
Political Council for the Iraqi Resistance
Military Council of Anbar's Revolutionaries
Ba'ath Party Loyalists
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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
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Commanders and leaders |
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (Leader of ISIL) Abu Fatima al-Jaheishi (Deputy leader in Iraq)
Izzat Ibrahim ad-Douri Ismail Jubouri Wikipedia
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