# List of armed groups in the War in Iraq (2013–2017)

This article is a list of armed groups involved in the War in Iraq (2013–2017). Part of the Iraqi conflict, the war escalated in 2013, following a 2011–2013 insurgency and the rise of the Islamic State. Following the liberation of much of Islamic State-held territory in 2017, only a low-level insurgency continued after. The Islamic State had a major involvement during the war, until it was militarily defeated in Iraq by Iraqi and western coalition forces in December 2017. Baathist supporters and some Sunni groups also fought against the Government of Iraq and its allies. The Peshmerga fought against the Islamic State and other forces during the war; though not against the government, and they did not join the Iraqi forces.

## War in Iraq (2013–2017)

| Republic of Iraq and allies | Iraqi Kurdistan and allies | Sunni insurgent groups and allies | Islamic State and allies |
| Iraqi government forces Iraqi Armed Forces  Iraqi Ground Forces 1st Division 2nd Division (2014) 8th Division 9th Division 15th Division 16th Division Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service Iraqi Special Operations Forces  Iraqi Air Force Iraqi Navy Federal Police Allied armed groups: Iraqi Turkmen Front Mosul Battalions Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas Free Mosul Movement Martyrs of Salahuddin Hezbollah Iraqi Communist Party Mukhtar Army al-Jiburi tribe militias Nineveh Guards (formally National Mobilization) Assyrian Forces Nineveh Plain Protection Units Qaraqosh Protection Committee Babylon Brigades Kataib Rouh Allah Issa Ibn Miriam Popular Mobilization Forces Badr Organization Liwa al-Imam Muhammad al-Jawad Liwa Karbala Tashkil al-Karar The Turkmen Brigade Northern Front Quwat al-Shaheed al-Qa'id Abu Muntadhar al-Muhammadawi Tashkil Malik al-Ashtar Kata'ib Hezbollah Saraya al-Dafa al-Shaabi Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas Forces Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba Quwwat Sahl Ninawa Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada Peace Companies Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq Quwat Liwa al-Shaheed al-Qa'id Abu Mousa al-Amiri Turkmen Brigades 16th Brigade Bashir Regiment Sayyid al-Shuhada 52nd Brigade Taza Regiment 92nd Brigade Talafar Regiment Brigade of Imam Hussein Saraya al-Jihad Kata'ib al-Imam Ali Quwat al-Shaheed al-Sadr (ar) Kata'ib al-Fatah al-Mubin Al-Qa'im Regiment Abbas al-Qitaliyah Division Imam Ali Fighting Division Kata'ib Jund al-Imam Liwa al-Muntadhar Saraya Ashura Liwa Ali al-Akbar Liwa al-Tafuf Saraya al-Khorasani Liwa al-Taff Quwat al-Shaheed al-Sadr al-Awal (ar) Saraya Ansar al-Aqeeda Kata'ib Ansar al-Hujja Kata'ib al-Tayyar al-Risali Quwat Waad Allah Liwa Ansar al-Marja'iyya Liwa Hashd Shuhada Kirkuk Fursan al-Jubur Jaysh al-Mu'ammal Liwa'a Zulfiqar Tribal Mobilization (ar) Hamza Battalions CJTF–OIR  United States  Canada  Australia  Italy  Spain  Netherlands  United Kingdom British Armed Forces  Royal Air Force  Jordan  Belgium  Turkey  Denmark (until 2016)  Morocco (until 2016) Iran (2014–17) Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran Islamic Republic of Iran Army  Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces  Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force IRGC Air Force Basij Pakistan (2015–17) Pakistani Army Special Services Group ISI Inter-Services Intelligence Syria (2013–14) Syrian Armed Forces  Syrian Air Force  Syrian Army Supported by:  Russia  China  Belarus | Iraqi Kurdistan Peshmerga KDP-Peshmerga PUK-Peshmerga Rojava Peshmerga Êzîdxan Protection Force Kaka'i Battalion Asayîş CJTF–OIR  United States  Canada  Australia  France  Italy  Netherlands  United Kingdom  Jordan  Belgium  Turkey  Denmark (until 2016)  Morocco (until 2016) Allied armed groups: Kurdistan Communities Union Kurdistan Workers Party People's Defence Forces Free Women's Units Democratic Federation of Northern Syria People's Protection Units Syriac Military Council Women's Protection Units Kurdistan Free Life Party Eastern Kurdistan Units Women's Defence Forces Sinjar Alliance Sinjar Resistance Units Êzîdxan Women's Units Asayîşa Êzîdxanê Special Forces of Êzîdxan Kurdistan Freedom Party Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan Komala Party of Iranian Kurdistan Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Turkey Ninewa Falcons Battalion Assyrian Forces Dwekh Nawsha Nineveh Plain Forces Tiger Guards Further support:  Albania  Czech Republic  Estonia  Finland  Germany  Iran  Russia | Naqshbandi Army General Military Council for Iraqi Revolutionaries Anbar Tribal Council Army of Pride and Dignity Free Iraqi Army (until 2014) Islamic Army in Iraq (until 2014) Allied armed groups: Free Syrian Army Supported by: Saudi Arabia (alleged) | Islamic State Military of the Islamic State White Flags (2017) |