This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Iraq and its predecessor states.
Other armed conflicts involving Iraq
* Wars during
Mandatory Iraq
The Kingdom of Iraq under British Administration, or Mandatory Iraq ( ar, الانتداب البريطاني على العراق '), was created in 1921, following the 1920 Iraqi Revolt against the proposed British Mandate of Mesopotamia, an ...
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Ikhwan raid on South Iraq 1921
* Smaller conflicts, revolutions, coups and periphery conflicts
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Simele massacre
The Simele massacre, also known as the Assyrian affair, was committed by the Kingdom of Iraq, led by Bakr Sidqi, during a campaign systematically targeting the Assyrians in and around Simele in August 1933. An estimated 600 to 6,000 Assyrians ...
1933
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Joint Operation Arvand
The Joint Operation Arvand ( fa, عملیات مشترک اروند, more known by its Persian acronym AMA, ) was a show of force operation orchestrated in April 1969 by the Imperial Iranian Armed Forces following Iraqi claim for the sovereign rig ...
1969, Iranian show of force that Iraq did not resist
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Kurdish rebellion of 1983
Kurdish may refer to:
*Kurds or Kurdish people
*Kurdish languages
* Kurdish alphabets
*Kurdistan, the land of the Kurdish people which includes:
** Southern Kurdistan
** Eastern Kurdistan
**Northern Kurdistan
** Western Kurdistan
See also
* Kurd ...
(part of Iran–Iraq War)
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Iraqi no-fly zones
The Iraqi no-fly zones conflict was a low-level conflict in the two no-fly zones (NFZs) in Iraq that were proclaimed by the United States, United Kingdom, and France after the Gulf War of 1991. The United States stated that the NFZs were intende ...
conflict, 1991–2003
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Kurdistan Islamist conflict, 2001–2004 (fought on ''de jure'' Iraqi territory, but with no Iraqi involvement)
References
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Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...
Military history of Iraq
Wars
War is an intense armed conflict between states, governments, societies, or paramilitary groups such as mercenaries, insurgents, and militias. It is generally characterized by extreme violence, destruction, and mortality, using regular ...