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 . |
| 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 |
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 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 |
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Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
(Leader of ISIL)
Abu Fatima al-Jaheishi
(Deputy leader in Iraq)
Izzat Ibrahim ad-Douri
 Ismail Jubouri
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