Conflict
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Combatant 1
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Combatant 2
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Results
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Iraqi losses
|
Head of State
|
Prime Minister
|
Military
|
Civilians
|
Mesopotamian Campaign (1914–1918 WWI)
|
Ottoman Empire
|
United Kingdom
|
Defeat
|
~89,500
|
~35,500
|
|
|
Mahmud Barzanji Revolts
(1919–1924)
|
United Kingdom
|
Kingdom of Kurdistan
Kurdish Tribesmen
|
Government victory
|
?
|
?
|
|
|
Great Iraqi Revolution (1920)
|
Iraqi Rebels
|
United Kingdom
|
Defeat
|
6,000– 10,000
|
2,050– 4,000
|
None
|
Ikhwan Raid on Busayya
(1927)
|
United Kingdom
|
Ikhwan
|
Defeat
- Police post near Busayya destroyed
|
20
|
|
|
Yazidi Revolt
(1935)
|
Kingdom of Iraq
|
Yazidi Tribesmen
|
Government victory
|
?
|
?
|
|
|
Iraqi Shia Revolts (1935–1936)
|
Kingdom of Iraq
|
Shia Tribesmen
|
Government victory
|
~500
|
Iraqi Coup D'etat (1941)
|
Kingdom of Iraq
|
Golden Square Rebels
|
Government defeat
|
?
|
|
|
Anglo-Iraqi War (1941 WWII)
|
Kingdom of Iraq (Golden Square) Germany Italy
|
United Kingdom India Iraq Levies Royalists Transjordan Australia New Zealand Greece
|
Defeat
- Re-installation of Hashemite royal dynasty and pro-British government
|
~500
|
?
|
|
|
Barzani Revolt (1943–1945)
|
Kingdom of Iraq
|
Barzani Kurds
|
Government victory
|
?
|
|
|
Al-Wathbah Uprising
(1948)
|
Kingdom of Iraq
|
Communists
|
Government victory
|
300–400
|
|
First Arab–Israeli War (1948–1949)
|
Egypt Kingdom of Iraq Transjordan Syria Lebanon Saudi Arabia Yemen HWA ALA
|
Israel
|
Defeat
|
?
|
None
|
|
14 July Revolution (1958)
|
Hashemite Arab Federation
Support:
Hashemite Arab Federation
|
Free Officers
|
Defeat
|
~100
|
|
Mosul Uprising (1959)
|
Iraqi Republic
|
Arab Nationalists
|
Government victory
|
2,426
|
|
|
First Iraqi–Kurdish War (1961–1970)
|
Iraqi Republic Syria → Syria
|
KDP
|
Stalemate
|
~10,000
|
?
|
Ramadan Revolution (1963)
|
Iraqi Republic
|
Arab Nationalists
|
Government defeat
|
100
|
Ar-Rashid Revolt
(1963)
|
Iraqi Republic
|
Communists
|
Government victory
|
1+
|
|
|
November coup d'état
(1963)
|
Iraqi Republic
|
Nasserists
|
Nasserist victory
|
250
|
Six-Day War (1967)
|
United Arab Republic Syria Jordan Iraqi Republic Lebanon
|
Israel
|
Defeat
|
10
|
None
|
|
|
October War (1973)
|
Egypt Syria Ba'athist Iraq Jordan Algeria Morocco Saudi Arabia Cuba
|
Israel
|
Defeat[1]
|
278
|
None
|
|
|
Second Iraqi–Kurdish War (1974–1975)
|
Ba'athist Iraq
|
KDP Iran
|
Government victory (except against Iran)[3]
- Iraq re-established control over Kurdistan
|
7,000
|
?
|
Arvand Conflict (1974–1975)
|
Iraq
|
Iran
|
Defeat
|
|
|
|
|
Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988)
|
Iraq MEK DRFLA Sudan
|
Iran KDP PUK File:Badr Organisation Military flag.svg Badr Brigades
|
Stalemate
|
105,000 375,000
|
~100,000
|
Invasion of Kuwait
(1990)
|
Iraq
|
Kuwait
|
Victory
|
295+
|
None
|
Gulf War (1990–1991)
|
→ Iraq
|
Kuwait United States United Kingdom Saudi Arabia France Canada Egypt Syria Oman United Arab Emirates Qatar Italy Australia
|
Defeat
- Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait; Emir Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah restored
- Heavy casualties and destruction of Iraqi and Kuwaiti infrastructure
|
20,000– 35,000
|
3,664
|
1991 Iraqi uprisings (1991)
|
Iraq MEK
|
File:Badr Organisation Military flag.svg Badr Brigades Dawa
|
Government victory (Southern front)
|
~5,000
|
80,000– 230,000
|
KDP PUK
|
Government defeat (Northern front)
|
Iraqi Kurdish Civil War (1995–1996)
|
KDP Iraq KDPI
|
PUK United States
|
Stalemate
|
?
|
Bombing of Iraq (1998)
|
Iraq
|
United States United Kingdom
|
Defeat
- Much Iraqi military infrastructure destroyed
|
|
?
|
Second Sadr Uprising (1999)
|
Iraq
|
File:Badr Organisation Military flag.svg Badr Brigades Dawa
|
Government victory
|
40+
|
|
Iraq War (2003–2011)
|
Iraq
|
United States United Kingdom Australia Poland Peshmerga
|
Defeat (Phase 1)
|
7,600– 10,800
|
|
→ Iraq Peshmerga MNF–I
|
SCJL Naqshbandi Army Free Iraqi Army al-Qaeda ISI Ansar al-Islam File:IAILogo.png IAI Mahdi Army File:Badr Organisation Military flag.svg Badr Brigades File:Kata'ib Hezbollah flag.svg Kata'ib Hezbollah
|
Government victory (Phase 2)
|
17,690
|
|
|
War in Iraq (2013–2017)
|
Iraq Peshmerga Sinjar Alliance CJTF–OIR
Iran Hezbollah
|
ISIL Ansar al-Islam SCJL Naqshbandi Army Mujahideen Army
|
Government victory
- Iraqi territorial integrity preserved
- ISIL expelled from all strongholds in Iraq[6]
- ISIL genocides against Yazidis, Shias, and Christians in 2014
|
25,000+
|
67,000+
|
|
|
2017 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict (2017)
|
Iraq
|
Peshmerga
|
Victory
- Iraq retakes disputed territories
|
None
|
None
|
Iraqi Insurgency (2017–present)
|
Iraq
|
Naqshbandi Army ISIL
|
Ongoing
|
2,254+
|
None
|
Syrian civil war (2017–2019)
|
|
|
Victory
- ISIL loses remaining territory in Syria
|
None
|
None
|
|
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