This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Iraq and its predecessor states. , style="background:#F88" ,

Coalition A coalition is formed when two or more people or groups temporarily work together to achieve a common goal. The term is most frequently used to denote a formation of power in political, military, or economic spaces. Formation According to ''A G ...

victory * State of Kuwait resumes self-governance over all Kuwaiti sovereign territory * Establishment of a demilitarized zone and construction of a

separation barrier A separation barrier or separation wall is a Barricade, barrier, wall or fence, constructed to limit the movement of people across a certain line or border, or to ethnic segregation, separate peoples or cultures. A separation barrier that runs a ...

along the Iraq–Kuwait border , 20,000–35,000 , 3,664 , - , rowspan="2" , 1991 Iraqi uprisings
(1991) , rowspan="2" , *

Ba'ath Party The Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party ( ' ), also known simply as Bath Party (), was a political party founded in Syria by Michel Aflaq, Salah al-Din al-Bitar, and associates of Zaki al-Arsuzi. The party espoused Ba'athism, which is an ideology ...

Iraqi Army The Iraqi Ground Forces (Arabic: القوات البرية العراقية), also referred to as the Iraqi Army (Arabic: الجيش العراقي), is the ground force component of the Iraqi Armed Forces. It was formerly known as the Royal Iraq ...

** Republican Guard **

Special Republican Guard The Iraqi Special Republican Guard (SRG) (), also known as the Special Forces Brigade of the Presidential Palace, Republican Guard Special Protection Forces, or the Golden Division, was an elite praetorian guard unit founded in either early 199 ...

* Popular Army * General Security * Intelligence Service * Special Security ---- Support:
MEK ,

Badr Brigades The Badr Organization ( ''Munaẓẓama Badr''), previously known as the Badr Brigades or Badr Corps, is an Iraqi Shia Islamism, Shia Islamist and Khomeinism, Khomeinist political party and paramilitary organization headed by Hadi al-Amiri. The ...

Dawa , style="background:#D0FFD0" , Government victory (Southern Front) * Uprising suppressed , rowspan="2" , ~5,000 , rowspan="2" , 80,000–230,000 , - , KDP
PUK , style="background:#D0FFD0" , Government Military Victory (Northern Front) * Kurdish Autonomous Republic established , - , Iraqi Kurdish Civil War
(1995–1996) , KDP

KDPI , PUK
United States , style="background:#E0D0FF , Stalemate * Iraqi withdrawal from

Iraqi Kurdistan Iraqi Kurdistan or Southern Kurdistan () refers to the Kurds, Kurdish-populated part of northern Iraq. It is considered one of the four parts of Greater Kurdistan in West Asia, which also includes parts of southeastern Turkey (Northern Kurdist ...

, colspan="2" , ? , - , Bombing of Iraq
(1998) , , United States
, style="background:#F88" , Defeat * Much Iraqi military infrastructure destroyed , 1,400(KIA or WIA) , ? , - , Second Sadr Uprising
(1999) , ,

Dawa , style="background:#D0FFD0" , Government victory * Uprising suppressed , 40+ , 200+ , - , rowspan="2" ,

Iraq War The Iraq War (), also referred to as the Second Gulf War, was a prolonged conflict in Iraq lasting from 2003 to 2011. It began with 2003 invasion of Iraq, the invasion by a Multi-National Force – Iraq, United States-led coalition, which ...

(2003–2011) , , United States

Peshmerga , style="background:#F88" , Defeat ( Phase 1) * Overthrow of

-led regime (and execution of Saddam Hussein in 2006) , 7,600–10,800 , rowspan="2" , '' 151,000–1,033,000+'' , - , →
Peshmerga
MNF–I * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * , SCJL
Naqshbandi Army
Free Iraqi Army

al-Qaeda , image = Flag of Jihad.svg , caption = Jihadist flag, Flag used by various al-Qaeda factions , founder = Osama bin Laden{{Assassinated, Killing of Osama bin Laden , leaders = {{Plainlist, * Osama bin Lad ...

ISI

Ansar al-Islam
IAI

Mahdi Army The Mahdi Army () was an Iraqi Shia militia created by Muqtada al-Sadr in June 2003 and disbanded in 2008. The Mahdi Army rose to international prominence on April 4, 2004, when it spearheaded the first major armed confrontation against the ...

Kata'ib Hezbollah , style="background:#D0FFD0" , Government victory ( Phase 2) * Re-establishment of democratic elections * U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement * Escalation of sectarian insurgency (leading to the rise of ISIL and re-escalation of war beginning in 2013) , 17,690 , Jalal Talabani ,

Nouri al-Maliki Nouri Kamil Muhammad-Hasan al-Maliki (; born 20 June 1950), also known as Jawad al-Maliki (), is an Iraqi politician and leader of the Islamic Dawa Party since 2007. He served as the Prime Minister of Iraq from 2006 to 2014 and as Vice President ...

, - , War in Iraq (2013–2017)
(2013–2017) , * Coat of arms of Iraq

Iraqi Armed Forces **

Iraqi Ground Forces The Iraqi Ground Forces (Arabic: القوات البرية العراقية), also referred to as the Iraqi Army (Arabic: الجيش العراقي), is the ground force component of the Iraqi Armed Forces. It was formerly known as the Royal Ira ...

** Iraqi Air Force ** CTS-ISOF ** Popular Mobilization Forces ** Assyrian Forces (Iraqi command) * Federal Police

Kurdistan Region Kurdistan Region (KRI) is a semi-autonomous Federal regions of Iraq, federal region of the Iraq, Republic of Iraq. It comprises four Kurds, Kurdish-majority governorates of Arabs, Arab-majority Iraq: Erbil Governorate, Sulaymaniyah Governorate ...

* Peshmerga * CTG Kurdistan * Parastin u Zanyari * Assyrian Forces (Kurdish command) Allied groups: * Sinjar Alliance * PKK * *

Kurdish National Council The Kurdish National Council in Syria (KNCS, , ENKS; ) or Kurdish National Council (KNC) is a Kurds in Syria, Syrian Kurdish political party. While the KNC had initially more international support than the ruling Democratic Union Party (Syria), ...

* * Iraqi Communist Party * Various self-defense groups Others:

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

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,

Islamic State The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and Daesh, is a transnational Salafi jihadism, Salafi jihadist organization and unrecognized quasi-state. IS ...

---- Naqshbandi Army (2013 –15)
Anbar Tribal Council (2013 –15)
GMCIR (2014)
Army of Pride and Dignity
Free Iraqi Army (2012–14)
Islamic Army in Iraq (2013 –14) , style="background:#D0FFD0" , Government victory * Iraqi territorial integrity preserved * ISIL expelled from all strongholds in Iraq * ISIL genocides against

Yazidis Yazidis, also spelled Yezidis (; ), are a Kurdish languages, Kurdish-speaking Endogamy, endogamous religious group indigenous to Kurdistan, a geographical region in Western Asia that includes parts of Iraq, Syria, Turkey, and Iran. The major ...

, Shias, and

Christians A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the world. The words '' Christ'' and ''C ...

in 2014 , 25,000+ , 67,000+ , rowspan="3" , Fuad Masum , rowspan="3" , Haider al-Abadi , - , 2017 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
(2017) , , Peshmerga , style="background:#D0FFD0" , Victory * Iraq defeats Peshmerga and retakes disputed territories , None , None , - , Iraqi Insurgency
(2017–present) , , Naqshbandi Army

ISIL , style="background:#E0D0FF , Ongoing , 2,254+ , None , - , Iraqi intervention in the Syrian Civil War
(2017–2019) , * * * , ISIL , style="background:#D0FFD0" , Victory * ISIL loses remaining territory in Syria , None , None , Barham Salih , Adil Abdul-Mahdi

Other armed conflicts involving Iraq

* Wars during Mandatory Iraq * Smaller conflicts, revolutions, coups and periphery conflicts ** Simele massacre 1933 ** Joint Operation Arvand 1969, Iranian show of force that Iraq did not resist ** Kurdish rebellion of 1983 (part of Iran–Iraq War) ** Iraqi no-fly zones conflict, 1991–2003 ** Kurdistan Islamist conflict, 2001–2004 (fought on Iraqi territory, but with no Iraqi involvement)

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Bibliography

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Wars Involving Iraq

Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

Wars War is an armed conflict between the armed forces of State (polity), states, or between governmental forces and armed groups that are organized under a certain command structure and have the capacity to sustain military operations, or betwe ...