War in Iraq (2013–2017)

War in Iraq (2013–2017)
Part of the Iraqi conflict, spillover of the Syrian civil war and the war against the Islamic State
Iraqi special forces APC on the street of Mosul, Northern Iraq in 16 November, 2016 during the Battle of Mosul
Date 30 December 2013[23][24] – 9 December 2017[25] (3 years, 11 months, 1 week and 2 days) Location Iraq Status Iraqi and allied victory[26] Iraqi territorial integrity saved ISIL removed from all strongholds by 11 November 2017[27][28] Iraq declares the defeat of ISIL on 9 December 2017 after securing the western desert with Syria[25] Iraqi federal government captures 20% of territory controlled by KRG after an independence referendum (vote)[27] Continued low-level ISIL insurgency in rural parts of Iraq after defeat End of open conflict and return of relative stability to Iraq after the end of the war[29]
Main belligerents
Iraq[1] Iraqi Armed Forces  Popular Mobilization Forces Assyrian Forces (Iraqi command) Allied groups:  Iraqi Turkmen Front Iraqi Communist Party Various self-defense groups  Iran  Hezbollah  Syria[2] Iraqi Kurdistan[1] Peshmerga CTG Kurdistan Parastin u Zanyari Assyrian Forces (Kurdish command) Kurdish National Council[3] Sinjar Alliance PKK[4] Rojava[4] CJTF–OIR  United States  United Kingdom  Canada[5][6]  Australia[7]  France  Italy  Netherlands  Finland[8]  Denmark[9]  Turkey Further support:  Albania[10]  Belarus[11]  Bosnia and Herzegovina[12]  China[13]  Croatia[14]  Czech Republic[15]  Estonia[16]  Finland[5]  Germany[17]  Hungary[18]  Pakistan (2015–17)[19]  Russia[20][21]  Taiwan[22]	Islamic State
Commanders and leaders
Haider al-Abadi2014–2017 Nouri al-Maliki2013–2014 Babaker Zebari2013–2015 Fadhil Barwari Talib Shaghati Abdel Emir Yarallah Sabah Al-Fatlawi Abdul Ghani al-Asadi Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis Akram al-Kaabi Hadi al-Amiri Ali Khamenei Qasem Soleimani Hamid Taqavi † Massoud Barzani Nechirvan Barzani Sirwan Barzani	Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi Abu Muhannad al-Suwaydawi † Abu Muslim al-Turkmani † Abu Fatima al-Jaheishi Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi † Abu Ahmad al-Alwani † Abu Waheeb †
Units involved
See order	See order
Strength
Iraqi security forces 600,000 (300,000 Army and 300,000 Police)[30]  Popular Mobilization Forces: 60,000–90,000[31] Badr Brigade: 10,000[32] Turkmen Brigades: 30,000[33][34] Awakening Council militias: 30,000[35] Contractors: 7,000[36][37] Peshmerga: 200,000[38][39] US Forces: 5,000[40] Canadian Forces: 600[41] French Forces: 500[42] Italian Forces: 500[43] British Forces: 500	ISIL: 100,000–200,000 fighters[44][45][46]
Casualties and losses
Iraqi security forces and militias: 19,000+ killed and 29,000+ wounded[47] Peshmerga fighters:[48] 1,837 killed 10,546 wounded 62 missing or captured Kurdistan Workers' Party: 180 killed (2014–Jan. 2016)[49] IRGC: 43 killed[50] Liwa Zainebiyoun: 3 killed[50] CJTF–OIR: 57 killed (44 non-hostile), 58 wounded[51] 1 killed (non-hostile)[52] 1 killed (friendly fire) [53] 1 killed[54] 1 killed (non-hostile)[55] Total: 21,124 dead and 39,546 wounded	ISIL 129,000+ killed[56][57][58][59]
67,376 civilians killed (Iraq body count figures)[60] 5,625,024 displaced (IOM Iraq figures)[61][62] [63]

The War in Iraq was an armed conflict between Iraq and its allies and the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL). This began in 2013 and ended in December 2017.

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