# List of conflicts in Iraq

This is a list of conflicts in Iraq arranged chronologically from ancient to modern times. This list includes any raid, strike, skirmish, siege, sacking, and/or battle (land, naval, and air) that occurred on the territories of what may today be referred to as Iraq; however, in which the conflict itself may have only been part of an operation of a campaign in a theater of a greater war (e.g. any and/or all border, undeclared, colonial, proxy, liberation, global wars, etc.). There may also be periods of violent, civil unrest listed; such as, shootouts, spree killings, massacres, terrorist attacks, coups, assassinations, regicides, riots, rebellions, revolutions, and civil wars (as well as wars of succession and/or independence). The list might also contain episodes of human sacrifice, mass suicide, and ethnic cleansing/genocide.

## Ancient times (c. 3300 BCE – c. 651 CE)

| Approximated dates | Name of conflict | Belligerents | Belligerents |
| Approximated dates | Name of conflict | Victorious parties (if applicable) | Defeated parties (if applicable) |
| Early Dynastic period (c. 2900 – c. 2334 BCE) ||||
| c. 2600 BCE | Sumer–Elam war | Sumerians | Elamites |
| c. 2600 BCE | Siege of Uruk Part of Mesopotamia Early Dynastic Period wars | Urukians (Sumerians) | Kishites (Semites) |
| c. 2450 BCE | Umma–Lagash war | Lagashites (Sumerians) | Ummaites (Sumerians) |
| c. 2340 BCE | Battle of Uruk Part of the Conquests of Sargon of Akkad | Akkadians (Semites) | Urukians (Sumerians) |
| Neo-Assyrian period (c. 911 – c. 626 BCE) ||||
| 693 BCE | Battle of Diyala RiverPart of the Campaigns of Sennacherib | Assyrians | Babylonians (Semites) |
| 689 BCE | Siege of BabylonPart of the Campaigns of Sennacherib | Assyrians | Babylonians (Semites) |
| Neo-Babylonian period (c. 626 – c. 539 BCE) ||||
| 626 BCE | Revolt of BabylonPart of the Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire | Babylonians (Semites) | Assyrians |
| 616 BCE | Battle of ArraphaPart of the Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire | Babylonians (Semites) Medians | Assyrians |
| 614 BCE | Fall of AssurPart of the Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire | Medians | Assyrians |
| 612 BCE | Battle of NinevehPart of the Medo-Babylonian conquest of the Assyrian Empire | Babylonians (Semites) Medians Scythians Persians Cimmerians | Assyrians |
| Achaemenid period (c. 539 – c. 330 BCE) ||||
| September 539 BCE | Battle of OpisPart of the Persian conquest of Babylonia | Persians | Babylonians (Semites) |
| 1 October 331 BCE | Battle of GaugamelaPart of the Wars of Alexander the Great | Macedonians | Persians |
| Hellenistic period (c. 330 – c. 31 BCE) ||||
| May–August 311 BCE | First Siege of BabylonPart of the Wars of the Diadochi and Babylonian War | Seleucids | Antigonids |
| 311 BCE | Battle of the TigrisPart of the Wars of the Diadochi and Babylonian War | Seleucids | Antigonids |
| 310 BCE | Second Siege of BabylonPart of the Wars of the Diadochi and Babylonian War | Seleucids | Antigonids |
| January–March 309 BCE | Third Siege of BabylonPart of the Wars of the Diadochi and Babylonian War | Antigonids | Seleucids |
| 10 August 309 BCE | Battle of the 25 of AbuPart of the Wars of the Diadochi and Babylonian War | Seleucids | Antigonids |
| Roman period (c. 31 – c. 375 BCE) ||||
| 198 CE | Battle of CtesiphonPart of the Roman–Parthian Wars | Romans | Parthians |
| 217 CE | Battle of NisibisPart of the Roman–Parthian Wars | Parthians | Romans |
| 243 CE | Battle of ResaenaPart of the Roman–Persian Wars | Romans | Persians |
| Winter of 244 CE | Battle of MisichePart of the Roman–Persian Wars | Persians | Romans |
| 252 CE | Battle of BarbalissosPart of the Roman–Persian Wars | Persians | Romans |
| Spring 260 CE | Battle of EdessaPart of the Roman–Persian Wars | Persians | Romans |
* c. 217 – c. 502 CE Roman-Sassanid Wars
** c. 264 CE Battle of Ctesiphon
** c. 344 CE Battle of Satala
** c. 359 CE Siege of Singara
** c. 359 CE Siege of Amida
** c. April 27, 363 CE Siege of Pirisabora
** c. May 29, 363 CE Battle of Ctesiphon
** c. June 363 CE Battle of Samarra
* c. 502 – c. 628 CE Byzantine–Sassanid wars
** c. 502 – c. 506 CE Anastasian War
** c. 526 – c. 532 CE Iberian War
** c. 572 – c. 591 CE Byzantine–Sassanid War
** c. 602 – c. 628 CE Byzantine–Sassanid War
* c. 633 – c. 644 CE Muslim conquest of Persia
** c. April 633 CE Battle of River
** c. May 633 CE Battle of Walaja
** c. May 633 CE Battle of Ullais
** c. May 633 CE Battle of Hira
** c. 633 CE Battle of Ayn al-Tamr
** c. November 633 CE Battle of Muzayyah
** c. November 633 CE Battle of Saniyy
** c. November 633 CE Battle of Zumail
** c. January 634 CE Battle of Firaz
** c. November 634 CE Battle of the Bridge
** c. November 16 – c. November 19, 636 CE Battle of al-Qādisiyyah
** c. January – c. March 637 CE Siege of Ctesiphon
** c. April 637 CE Battle of Jalula

## Medieval times (c. 651 – c. 1517 CE)

| Approximated dates | Name of conflict | Belligerents | Belligerents |
| Approximated dates | Name of conflict | Victorious parties (if applicable) | Defeated parties (if applicable) |
| 8 December 656 CE | Battle of the CamelPart of the First Islamic Civil War | Forces of Ali | Forces of Aisha |
| 17 July 658 CE | Battle of NahrawanPart of the First Islamic Civil War | Rashidun caliphate | Kharijites |
| 10 October 680 CE | Battle of KarbalaPart of the Second Islamic Civil War | Umayyad caliphate | Husayn ibn Ali and his partisans |
| Mid-October 691 CE | Battle of MaskinPart of the Second Islamic Civil War | Umayyad caliphate | Zubayrid Caliphate |
| 744–750 CE | Third Islamic Civil War | Abbasid caliphate | Umayyad caliphate Alids Kharijites |
| 25 January 750 CE | Battle of the ZabPart of the Abbasid Revolution | Abbasid caliphate | Umayyad caliphate |
| September 762 – February 763 CE | Alid Revolt | Abbasid caliphate | Alids |
| August 812 – 28 September 813 CE | Siege of BaghdadPart of the Fourth Islamic Civil War | Forces of al-Ma'mun | Forces of al-Amin |
* c. 861 – c. 870 CE Anarchy at Samarra
* Buyid-Hamdanid Wars
** c. 946 CE Battle of Baghdad
* Abbasid-Seljuq Wars
** c. 1157 CE Siege of Baghdad
* c. 1206 – c. 1337 CE Mongol invasions and conquests
** c. 1258 CE Siege of Baghdad

## Modern times (c. 1517 CE – Present)
### Ottoman empire (c. 1517 – c. 1917 CE)

* c. 1514 – c. 1823 CE Ottoman–Persian Wars
** c. 1532 – c. 1555 CE Ottoman–Safavid War
*** c. 1534 CE Capture of Baghdad
** c. 1623 – c. 1639 CE Ottoman–Safavid War
*** c. 1623 CE Capture of Baghdad
*** c. 1638 CE Capture of Baghdad
* c. July 28, 1914 – c. November 11, 1918 CE World War I
** c. October 29, 1914 – c. October 30, 1918 CE Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
*** c. November 6, 1914 – c. 14 November 14, 1918 CE Mesopotamian campaign
**** c. November 6, 1914 CE Fao Landing
**** c. November 11 – c. November 21, 1914 CE Battle of Basra
**** c. December 3 – c. December 9, 1914 CE Battle of Qurna
**** c. April 12 – c. April 14, 1915 CE Battle of Shaiba
**** c. September 28, 1915 CE Battle of Es Sinn
**** c. November 22 – c. November 25, 1915 CE Battle of Ctesiphon
**** c. December 7, 1915 – c. April 29, 1916 CE Siege of Kut
**** c. January 6 – c. January 8, 1916 CE Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad
**** c. January 13, 1916 CE Battle of Wadi
**** c. January 21, 1916 CE Battle of Hanna
**** c. March 8, 1916 CE Battle of Dujaila
**** March 8, 1,917 C.E. — March 11, 1,917 C.E. Fall of Baghdad
**** February 23, 1,917 C.E. Second Battle of Kut
**** September 28, 1,917 C.E. — September 29, 1,917 C.E. Battle of Ramadi
**** March 26, 1,918 C.E. — March 27, 1,918 C.E. Action of Khan Baghdadi
**** October 23, 1,918 C.E. — October 30, 1,918 C.E. Battle of Sharqat
* 1,918 C.E. — 2,003 C.E. Iraqi–Kurdish conflict

### Occupied Enemy Territory Administration (c. 1917 – c. 1920 CE)

* May 1,920 C.E. — October 1,920 C.E. Iraqi revolt against the British

### Kingdom of Iraq (c. 1932 – c. 1958 CE)

* September 1, 1,939 C.E. — September 2, 1,945 C.E. World War II
** June 10, 1,940 C.E. — May 2, 1,945 C.E. Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
*** May 2, 1,941 C.E. — May 31, 1,941 C.E. Anglo-Iraqi War
**** April 1, 1,941 C.E. Iraq coup
* 1,918 C.E. — 2,003 C.E. Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
** November 1,922 C.E. — July 1,924 C.E. Mahmud Barzanji revolts
** 1,931 C.E. — 1,932 C.E. Ahmed Barzani revolt
** 1,943 C.E. — October 1,945 C.E. Barzani revolt

### Ba'athist Iraq (c. 1968 – c. 2003 CE)

** September 11, 1,961 C.E. — 1,970 C.E. First Kurdish–Iraqi War
** April 1,974 C.E. — Mid 1,975 C.E. Second Kurdish–Iraqi War
** 1,975 C.E. — 1,983 C.E. PUK insurgency
** September 1,983 C.E. — September 1,988 C.E. Kurdish Rebellion
** May 1,994 C.E. — November 24, 1,997 C.E. Iraqi Kurdish Civil War
* September 22, 1,980 C.E. — August 20, 1,988 C.E. First Persian Gulf War
** 1,980 C.E. Iraqi invasion
*** September 23, 1,980 C.E. Operation Kaman 99
*** October 29, 1,980 C.E. Operation Sultan 10
*** September 30, 1,980 C.E. Operation Scorch Sword
*** November 28, 1,980 C.E. — November 29, 1,980 C.E. Operation Morvarid
** 1,981 C.E. Stalemate
*** April 4, 1,981 C.E. Attack on H3
** 1,982 C.E. Iranian offensive
*** Early July 1,982 C.E. Operation Ramadan
** 1,983 C.E. — 1,985 C.E. Strategic stalemate
*** February 6, 1,983 C.E. — February 26, 1,983 Operation Before the Dawn
*** April 10, 1,983 C.E. Operation Dawn 1
*** July 22, 1,983 C.E. Operation Dawn 2
*** July 30, 1,983 C.E. — August 9, 1,983 Operation Dawn 3
*** October 19, 1,983 C.E. — mid November 1,983 Operation Dawn 4
*** Early 1,984 C.E. Operation Dawn 5
*** February 14, 1,984 C.E. — March 19, 1,984 Operation Kheibar
*** February 22, 1,984 C.E. — February 24, 1,984 C.E. Operation Dawn 6
*** 1,984 C.E. Battle of the Marshes
*** March 10, 1,985 C.E. — March 20, 1,985 C.E. Operation Badr
** 1,986 C.E. — 1,987 C.E. Duel offensives
*** 1,986 C.E. — 1,989 C.E. Al-Anfal Campaign
*** March 16, 1,988 C.E. Halabja poison gas attack
*** February 9, 1,986 C.E. — February 25, 1,986 C.E. Operation Dawn 8
*** February 11, 1,986 C.E. First Battle of al-Faw
*** December 25, 1,986 C.E. — 27 December 1,986 C.E. Operation Karbala-4
*** January 8, 1,987 C.E. — February 26, 1,987 C.E. Operation Karbala-5
*** Early 1,987 C.E. Operation Karbala-6
*** May 1,987 C.E. Operation Karbala 10
*** May 1,987 C.E. — early June 1,987 C.E. Operation Nasr 4
** 1,988 C.E. Final stages
*** Mid-March 1,988 C.E. Operation Zafar 7
*** April 17, 1,988 C.E. Second Battle of al-Faw
** 1,981 C.E. International incidents
*** June 7, 1,981 C.E. Operation Opera
* August 2, 1,990 C.E. — February 28, 1,991 C.E. Second Persian Gulf War
** 1,991 C.E. Operation Desert Storm
*** February 15, 1,991 C.E. — February 20, 1,991 C.E. Battle of Wadi al-Batin
** January 17, 1,991 C.E. — February 23, 1,991 C.E. Gulf War air campaign
*** January 19, 1991 C.E. Package Q Strike
*** February 13, 1991 C.E. 4:30 am (GMT+3) Amiriyah shelter bombing
** February 24, 1,991 C.E. — February 28, 1,991 C.E. Liberation of Kuwait campaign
*** February 26, 1,991 C.E. — February 27, 1,991 C.E. Battle of 73 Easting
*** February 26, 1,991 C.E. Battle of Phase Line Bullet
*** February 27, 1,991 C.E. Battle of Medina Ridge
*** February 27, 1,991 C.E. Battle for Jalibah Airfield
*** February 27, 1,991 C.E. Battle of Norfolk
*** March 2, 1,991 C.E. Battle of Rumaila
*** March 1, 1,991 C.E. Safwan Airfield Standoff
* March 1, 1,991 C.E. — April 5, 1,991 C.E. Uprisings in Iraq
** March 1, 1,991 C.E. — mid-April 1,991 C.E. Uprising in Basra
** March 5, 1,991 C.E. — March 19, 1,991 C.E. Uprising in Karbala
** March 5, 1,991 C.E. — April 3, 1,991 C.E. Uprising in Sulaymaniyah
** March 11, 1,991 C.E. — March 29, 1,991 C.E. Uprising in Kirkuk
** March 10, 1,991 C.E. — March 24, 1,991 C.E. Uprising in Tuz Khormato
* 1,991 C.E. — 2,002 C.E. Air engagements of the Post Gulf War
* September 3, 1,996 C.E. Operation Desert Strike
* December 16, 1,998 C.E. – December 19, 1,998 C.E. Operation Desert Fox
* March 20, 2,003 C.E. — December 15, 2,011 C.E. Third Persian Gulf War
** March 19, 2,003 C.E. — May 1, 2,003 C.E. Invasion of Iraq
*** March 21, 2,003 C.E. — March 25, 2,003 C.E. Battle of Umm Qasr
*** March 20, 2,003 C.E. — March 24, 2,003 C.E. Battle of Al Faw
*** March 21, 2,003 C.E. — April 6, 2,003 C.E. Battle of Basra
*** March 23, 2,003 C.E. — March 29, 2,003 C.E. Battle of Nasiriyah
*** March 24, 2,003 C.E. Attack on Karbala
*** March 24, 2,003 C.E. — April 4, 2,003 C.E. Battle of Najaf
*** March 26, 2,003 C.E. — Operation Northern Delay
*** March 28, 2,003 C.E. — March 30, 2,003 C.E. Operation Viking Hammer
*** March 30, 2,003 C.E. — April 4, 2,003 C.E. Battle of Samawah
*** March 31, 2,003 C.E. — April 6, 2,003 C.E. Battle of Karbala
*** April 2, 2,003 C.E. — April 4, 2,003 C.E. Battle of the Karbala Gap
*** April 3, 2,003 C.E. — April 12, 2,003 C.E. Battle of Baghdad
*** April 6, 2,003 C.E. Battle of Debecka Pass

### Coalition Provisional Authority (c. 2003 – c. 2004 CE)

* 2003 C.E. — 2004 C.E. Post-invasion insurgency
** March 20, 2003 C.E. — December 7, 2011 C.E. Iraq War in Anbar Province
** October 26, 2003 C.E. — November 24, 2003 C.E. Ramadan Offensive
** December 13, 2003 C.E. Operation Red Dawn
** April 4, 2004 C.E. — June 24, 2004 C.E. Iraq spring fighting
** April 4, 2004 C.E. — May 1, 2004 C.E. First Battle of Fallujah
** April 4, 2004 C.E. — May 11, 2008 C.E. Siege of Sadr City
** April 6, 2004 C.E. — April 10, 2004 Battle of Ramadi
** April 17, 2004 C.E. Battle of Husaybah
** August 5, 2004 C.E. — August 27, 2004 Battle of Najaf
** August 5, 2004 C.E. — August 28, 2004 CIMIC-House
** October 1, 2004 C.E. — October 3, 2004 Battle of Samarra
** November 7, 2004 C.E. — December 23, 2004 Second Battle of Fallujah
** November 8, 2004 C.E. — November 16, 2004 Battle of Mosul

### Republic of Iraq (c. 2004 CE – Present)

* 2,005 C.E. — 2,006 C.E. Post-invasion insurgency
** May 8, 2,005 C.E. — May 19, 2,005 C.E. Battle of Al Qaim
** August 1, 2,005 C.E. — August 4, 2,005 C.E. Battle of Haditha
** September 1, 2,005 C.E. — September 18, 2,005 C.E. Battle of Tal Afar
** June 17, 2,006 C.E. — November 15, 2,006 C.E. Battle of Ramadi
** August 28, 2,006 C.E. Battle of Diwaniya
* February 2,006 C.E. — May 2,008 C.E. Civil war in Iraq
** September 23, 2,006 C.E. — October 22, 2,006 C.E. Ramadan Offensive
** September 27, 2,006 C.E. — February 18, 2,007 C.E. Operation Sinbad
** October 19, 2,006 C.E. — October 20, 2,006 C.E. Battle of Amarah
** November 15, 2,006 C.E. — November 16, 2,006 C.E. Battle of Turki
** December 25, 2,006 C.E. — October 1, 2,007 C.E. Diyala campaign
** January 6, 2,007 C.E. — January 9, 2,007 C.E. Battle of Haifa Street
** January 20, 2,007 C.E. Karbala provincial headquarters raid
** January 28, 2,007 C.E. — January 29, 2,007 C.E. Battle of Najaf
** February 14, 2,007 C.E. — November 24, 2,007 C.E. Operation Imposing Law
** February 27, 2,007 C.E. — September 3, 2,007 C.E. Siege of U.K. bases in Basra
** April 6, 2,007 C.E. — April 10, 2,007 C.E. Operation Black Eagle
** June 16, 2,007 C.E. — August 14, 2007 C.E. Operation Phantom Thunder
** March 10, 2,007 C.E. — August 19, 2007 C.E. Battle of Baqubah
** June 30, 2,007 C.E. — July 1, 2007 C.E. Battle of Donkey Island
** February 15, 2,007 C.E. Operation Shurta Nasir
** August 27, 2,007 C.E. — August 29, 2,007 C.E. Battle of Karbala
** January 8, 2,008 C.E. — July 28, 2,008 C.E. Operation Phantom Phoenix
** January 18, 2,008 C.E. — January 19, 2,008 C.E. Iraqi Day of Ashura fighting
** January 23, 2,008 C.E. — July 28, 2,008 C.E. Ninawa campaign
** March 25, 2,008 C.E. — May 15, 2,008 C.E. Iraq spring fighting
** March 25, 2,008 C.E. — March 31, 2,008 C.E. Battle of Basra
** April 15, 2,008 C.E. — May 19, 2,008 C.E. Al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq
* March 15, 2,011 C.E. — ongoing Arab Winter
** 2,011 C.E. — ongoing Spillover of the Syrian Civil War
*** December 18, 2,011 C.E. — ongoing Iraqi insurgency
**** January 2,014 C.E. — ongoing Iraq crisis
***** August 7, 2,014 C.E. — ongoing Northern Iraq offensive
****** June 16, 2,014 C.E. — ongoing American intervention in Iraq
******* August 3, 2,014 C.E. — August 14, 2,014 C.E. Sinjar massacre