War in Iraq (2013–2017)

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 December 2013 and ended in December 2017.

## Infobox (military conflict)

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- **conflict**: War in Iraq (2013–2017)
- **partof**: the Iraqi conflict, spillover of the Syrian civil war and the war against the Islamic State
- **image**: ISOF APC on the street of Mosul, Northern Iraq, Western Asia. 16 November, 2016.jpg
- **image size**: 300px
- **caption**: Iraqi Special Operations Forces, Iraqi special forces APC on the street of Mosul, Northern Iraq in 16 November, 2016 during the Battle of Mosul (2016–2017), Battle of Mosul
- **date**: 30 December 2013 – 9 December 2017
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- **place**: Iraq
- **status**: Iraqi and allied victory
* Iraqi territorial integrity saved
* ISIL removed from all strongholds by 11 November 2017
* Iraq declares the defeat of ISIL on 9 December 2017 after 2017 Western Iraq campaign, securing the western desert with Syria
* Iraqi federal government 2017 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict, captures 20% of territory controlled by Kurdistan Regional Government, KRG after an Iraqi Kurdistan independence referendum, 2017, independence referendum (vote)
* Continued low-level Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present), 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
- **combatants header**: List of armed groups in the Iraqi Civil War, Main belligerents
- **combatant2**: ***'
- **combatant1**: ***'
*  Iraqi Armed Forces
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** Christian militias in Iraq and Syria#Iraq, Assyrian Forces <small>(Iraqi command)</small>
**Allied groups:**
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*  Iraqi Communist Party
*  :Category:Anti-ISIL factions in Iraq, Various self-defense groups

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 **Iraqi Kurdistan**
*  Peshmerga
* CTG Kurdistan
* Parastin u Zanyari
* Christian militias in Iraq and Syria#Iraq, Assyrian Forces <small>(Kurdish command)</small>
*Kurdish National Council
 Sinjar Alliance

Kurdistan Workers' Party, PKK

Syrian Kurdistan, Rojava

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- **commander2**: ** Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi**
 Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi
 Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi, 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
- **commander1**: **Haider al-Abadi**2014–2017

**Nouri al-Maliki**2013–2014

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
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 **Massoud Barzani**
 Nechirvan Barzani
 Sirwan Barzani
- **units1**: List of armed groups in the Iraqi Civil War, See order
- **units2**: List of armed groups in the Iraqi Civil War, See order
- **strength2**: :
* 100,000–200,000 fighters
- **strength1**: Iraqi security forces
600,000 (300,000 New Iraqi Army, Army and 300,000 Iraqi Police, Police)

: 60,000–90,000
* Badr Organisation, Badr Brigade: 10,000
*  Turkmen Brigades (Popular Mobilization Units), Turkmen Brigades: 30,000
Awakening movements in Iraq, Awakening Council militias: 30,000

Private military company, Contractors: 7,000

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 Peshmerga: 200,000
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 US Forces: 5,000
 Canadian Forces: 600
 French Forces: 500
 Italian Armed Forces, Italian Forces: 500
 British Forces: 500
- **casualties1**: **Iraqi security forces and militias**:
19,000+ killed and 29,000+ wounded

**Peshmerga fighters**:
1,837 killed
10,546 wounded
62 missing or captured

**Kurdistan Workers' Party**:
180 killed (2014–Jan. 2016)

**Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, IRGC**:
43 killed

**Liwa Zainebiyoun**:
3 killed

**Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, CJTF–OIR:**
*  57 killed (44 non-hostile), 58 wounded
*  1 killed (non-hostile)
*  1 killed (friendly fire)
*  1 killed
*  1 killed (non-hostile)

**Total:** 21,124 dead and 39,546 wounded
- **casualties2**: ISIL 129,000+ killed
- **casualties3**: 67,376 civilians killed (Iraq body count figures)
 5,625,024 displaced (IOM Iraq figures)