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This is a list of wars that Iraq has been involved in (as they were locally named where applicable):
Conflict
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Iraq and allies
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Opponents
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Results
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Head of State
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Prime Minister
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Iraqi losses
|
Military
|
Civilians
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Great Iraqi Revolution (1920)
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Iraqi rebels
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United Kingdom
|
Defeat
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Not applicable
|
6,000– 10,000
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2,050– 4,000
|
Anglo-Iraqi War (1941)
|
Iraq
Germany
Italy
|
United Kingdom
Royalists
Transjordan
Australia
New Zealand
Greece
|
Defeat
- Re-installation of Hashemite royal dynasty and pro-British government
|
Sherif Sharaf
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Rashid Ali al-Gaylani
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~500
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?
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Barzani Revolt (1943–1945)
|
Iraq
|
Peshmerga
|
Victory
|
Faisal II of Iraq
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Nuri al-Said
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?
|
First Arab-Israeli War (1948–1949)
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Egypt
Iraq
Transjordan
Syria
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Holy War Army
ALA
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Israel
|
Defeat
|
Muzahim al-Pachachi
|
?
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None
|
Mosul Uprising (1959)
|
Iraq
|
Arab nationalists
|
Government victory
- Iraq remains outside the UAR
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Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i
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Abd al-Karim Qasim
|
2,426
|
First Iraqi–Kurdish War (1961–1970)
|
Iraq
Syria
|
Peshmerga
|
Stalemate
|
~10,000
|
?
|
Six-Day War (1967)
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Egypt
Syria
Jordan
Iraq
|
Israel
|
Defeat
|
Abdul Rahman Arif
|
Abdul Rahman Arif
|
10
|
None
|
October War (1973)
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Egypt
Syria
Iraq
Jordan
Algeria
Morocco
Saudi Arabia
Cuba
|
Israel
|
Defeat[1]
|
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
|
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
|
278
|
None
|
Second Iraqi–Kurdish War (1974–1975)
|
Iraq
|
Peshmerga
Iran
|
Victory (except against Iran)[3]
- Iraq re-established control over Kurdistan
|
7,000
|
?
|
First Sadr Uprising (1979–1980)
|
Iraq
|
Sadrists
|
Government victory
|
Saddam Hussein
|
Saddam Hussein
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Thousands
|
Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988)
|
Iraq
MEK
DRFLA
Sudan
|
Iran
Peshmerga
Badr Brigades
Dawa
Hezbollah
|
Stalemate
|
105,000– 375,000
|
~100,000
|
Second Sudanese Civil War (1983–?)[4]
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Sudan
Janjaweed
SSDF
Nuer White Army
SPLA-Nasir
LRA
Libya
Iraq
|
SPLA
SPDF
SSLM
Anyanya II
Eastern Front
Uganda
Ethiopia
Eritrea
|
Stalemate
|
200+[4]
|
?
|
Gulf War (1990–1991)
|
Iraq
|
Kuwait
United States
United Kingdom
Saudi Arabia
France
Canada
Egypt
Syria
Oman
UAE
Qatar
Italy
Australia
Argentina
|
Defeat
|
20,000– 35,000
|
3,664
|
Sha'aban Intifada (1991)
|
Iraq
MEK
|
Badr Brigades
Dawa
|
Government victory (Southern front)
|
~5,000
|
80,000– 230,000
|
Peshmerga
|
Defeat (Northern front)
|
Iraqi Kurdish Civil War (1995–1996)
|
KDP
Iraq
|
PUK
United States
|
Stalemate
|
?
|
Bombing of Iraq (1998)
|
Iraq
|
United States
United Kingdom
|
Defeat
- Much Iraqi infrastructure destroyed
|
1,400[5]
|
?
|
Second Sadr Uprising (1999)
|
Iraq
|
Badr Brigades
Dawa
|
Government victory
|
180+[6]
|
200+[7]
|
Iraq War (2003–2011)
|
Iraq
|
United States
United Kingdom
Australia
Poland
Peshmerga
|
Defeat (Phase 1)
|
7,600– 10,800
|
Disputed
|
Iraq
Iraqi Kurdistan
United States
United Kingdom
South Korea
Italy
Poland
Australia
Georgia
Ukraine
Netherlands
Spain
Romania
Bulgaria
Denmark
Thailand
Honduras
El Salvador
Dominican Republic
Albania
Nicaragua
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SCJL
Naqshbandi Army
Free Iraqi Army
al-Qaeda
ISI
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Mahdi Army
Badr Brigades File:Kata'ib Hezbollah flag.svg Kata'ib Hezbollah
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Inconclusive (Phase 2)
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Jalal Talabani
|
Nouri al-Maliki
|
17,690
|
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)
|
Iraq
Iraqi Kurdistan
Sinjar Alliance
Rojava
Syria
United States
Canada
United Kingdom
France
Germany
Australia
Belgium
Netherlands
Denmark
Turkey
Jordan
Morocco
Iran
Hezbollah
|
ISIL
Ansar al-Islam
SCJL
Naqshbandi Army
Mujahideen Army
|
Government victory
- Iraqi territorial integrity preserved
- ISIL expelled from all strongholds in Iraq[8]
- ISIL genocides against Yazidis, Shias, and Christians in 2014
|
Fuad Masum
|
Haider al-Abadi
|
34,000+
|
67,376
|
Kirkuk Crisis (2017)
|
Iraq
|
Iraqi Kurdistan
|
Victory
- Iraq retakes disputed territories
|
188[9] (KIA or WIA)
|
?
|
References[edit]
- ^ References:
- Herzog, The War of Atonement, Little, Brown and Company, 1975. Forward
- Insight Team of the London Sunday Times, Yom Kippur War, Double Day and Company, Inc, 1974, page 450
- Luttwak and Horowitz, The Israeli Army. Cambridge, MA, Abt Books, 1983
- Rabinovich, The Yom Kippur War, Schocken Books, 2004. Page 498
- 0-313-31302-4&lr=#v=onepage&q=&f=false Revisiting The Yom Kippur War, P.R. Kumaraswamy, pages 1–2
- Johnson and Tierney, Failing To Win, Perception of Victory and Defeat in International Politics. Page 177
- Charles Liebman, The Myth of Defeat: The Memory of the Yom Kippur war in Israeli Society[permanent dead link] Middle Eastern Studies, Vol 29, No. 3, July 1993. Published by Frank Cass, London. Page 411.
- ^ Loyola, Mario (7 October 2013). "How We Used to Do It - American diplomacy in the". National Review. p. 1. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ J. Schofield, Militarization and War, p. 122
- ^ a b Martell, Peter (2018). First Raise a Flag. London: Hurst & Company. ISBN 978-1849049597.
- ^ Rossiter, Mike, Target Basra , Corgi, 2009 ISBN 0552157007 ISBN 978-0552157001, p. 210
- ^ al-Khaz'Ali, Shaikh Nouman. Tareekh al-Iraq, pp. 67–72
- ^ Dan Murphy (27 April 2004). "Sadr the agitator: like father, like son". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
- ^ "With Iraqi-Kurdish Talks Stalled, Phone Diplomacy Averts New Clashes". New York Times.
- ^ "استمرار المواجهات العسكرية في كركوك" (in Arabic). Rudaw. 16 October 2017.