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* July 13: [[Planned Battle of Mosul(2015)|Anbar offensive]] begins.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/07/20/fallujah-liberation-key-to-securing-anbar|title=Fallujah Liberation Key to Securing Anbar|work=US News & World Report|accessdate=23 July 2015}}</ref> |
* July 13: [[Planned Battle of Mosul (2015)|Anbar offensive]] begins.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2015/07/20/fallujah-liberation-key-to-securing-anbar|title=Fallujah Liberation Key to Securing Anbar|work=US News & World Report|accessdate=23 July 2015}}</ref> |
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* July 17: A suicide bomber [[2015 Khan Bani Saad bombing|detonated a car bomb]] in a marketplace in the city of [[Khan Bani Saad]] during [[Eid al-Fitr]] celebrations, killing 120–130 people and injuring 130 more. Twenty more people were reported missing after the bombing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/at-least-130-dead-in-iraq-after-massive-bomb-attack/2015/07/18/01798182-74b9-4388-a2ed-cee7fd54976d_story.html|title=At least 130 are dead in Iraq after a massive bomb attack|author=Mustafa Salim|date=18 July 2015|work=Washington Post|accessdate=23 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-33577817|title=Iraq violence: Car bomb kills scores in mainly Shia town|work=BBC News|accessdate=23 July 2015}}</ref> |
* July 17: A suicide bomber [[2015 Khan Bani Saad bombing|detonated a car bomb]] in a marketplace in the city of [[Khan Bani Saad]] during [[Eid al-Fitr]] celebrations, killing 120–130 people and injuring 130 more. Twenty more people were reported missing after the bombing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/at-least-130-dead-in-iraq-after-massive-bomb-attack/2015/07/18/01798182-74b9-4388-a2ed-cee7fd54976d_story.html|title=At least 130 are dead in Iraq after a massive bomb attack|author=Mustafa Salim|date=18 July 2015|work=Washington Post|accessdate=23 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-33577817|title=Iraq violence: Car bomb kills scores in mainly Shia town|work=BBC News|accessdate=23 July 2015}}</ref> |
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The Timeline of the Iraq War (2015) covers a part of the 2015 year of the Iraq War.
Chronology
January
- January 8 – A suicide bomber targets a police checkpoint in the town of Youssifiyah, killing seven people.[1]
- January 26 - Iraqi forces recapture the entire province of Diyala from Islamic State. [2]
February
- February 24 – Multiple bomb attacks around Baghdad kill 37 people and wound dozens.[3]
March
- March 2 - Second Battle of Tikrit begins. [4]
- March 25 - American airstrikes on Tikrit, several Shiite militias go on strike.[citation needed]
April
- April-May: Al-Karmah offensive (2015)
- April 1 - After a month of hard fighting, Iranians, Iraqis and Shiite militia overcome ISIL fighters and take Tikrit.[citation needed]
May
- May 15 - ISIL seize control of the main Government building and city centre in Ramadi, the provincial capital of Anbar Province.[citation needed]
- May 15-20 Battle of Ramadi.[citation needed]
- May 20 -ISIL captures Ramadi.[citation needed]
June
- June 4: ISIS fighters close Ramadi dam gates, cut off water to loyalist towns[5]
- June 13: Militants attack government forces near Iraq's Baiji refinery, killing 11 near the city of Baiji as part of the battle for control of Iraq's biggest refinery.[6]
July
- July 13: Anbar offensive begins.[7]
- July 17: A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb in a marketplace in the city of Khan Bani Saad during Eid al-Fitr celebrations, killing 120–130 people and injuring 130 more. Twenty more people were reported missing after the bombing.[8][9]
August
September
October
November
December
See also
References
- ^ "Suicide attack kills 7 in Iraq". 8 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ^ "Iraq forces 'liberate' Diyala province from IS". Yahoo News. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ "Wave of bombings in Baghdad kills 37 people". 24 February 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
- ^ "Iraq 'seizes districts from IS' in Tikrit advance". BBC News. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ Hamdi Alkhshali and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN (4 June 2015). "Iraq: ISIS fighters close Ramadi dam gates - CNN.com". CNN. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ "Militants attack government forces near Iraq's Baiji refinery". The Daily Star Newspaper - Lebanon. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ "Fallujah Liberation Key to Securing Anbar". US News & World Report. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ Mustafa Salim (18 July 2015). "At least 130 are dead in Iraq after a massive bomb attack". Washington Post. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ "Iraq violence: Car bomb kills scores in mainly Shia town". BBC News. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
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