This is a list of wars that Iraq has been involved in (as they were locally named where applicable):
| Conflict |
Iraq
and allies |
Opponents |
Results |
Iraqi losses |
Head of State |
| Military |
Civilians |
Great Iraqi Revolution
(1920) |
Iraqi rebels |
United Kingdom
British Raj |
Defeat
|
6,000-10,000
|
2,050-4,000
|
None
|
First Barzani Revolt
(1931–1932) |
Iraq
United Kingdom |
Barzani Kurds |
Victory
|
?
|
Faisal I of Iraq
|
Anglo-Iraqi War
(1941) |
Iraq
Arab irregulars
Syrian Committee
Germany
Italy |
United Kingdom
India
Royalists
Transjordan
Australia
New Zealand |
Defeat
- Re-installation of Hashemite royal dynasty and pro-British government.
- Defeat of the German-Italian attempt to entrench an Axis state in Iraq.
|
~500
|
?
|
Rashid Ali al-Gaylani
|
Second Barzani Revolt
(1943-1945) |
Iraq |
Barzani Kurds |
Victory
|
?
|
Faisal II of Iraq
|
First Arab-Israeli War
(1948–1949) |
Egypt
Iraq
Transjordan
Syria
Lebanon
HWA
ALF |
Israel |
Defeat
|
?
|
None
|
First Kurdish–Iraqi War
(1961–1970) |
Iraq
Syria |
KDP |
Stalemate
|
~10,000
|
?
|
Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i
|
Six Day War
(1967) |
Egypt
Syria
Jordan
Iraq |
Israel |
Defeat
|
10
|
None
|
Abdul Rahman Arif
|
Yom Kippur War
(1973) |
Egypt
Syria
Iraq
Jordan
Algeria
Cuba
Morocco
Tunisia |
Israel |
Defeat
|
278
|
None
|
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
|
Second Kurdish–Iraqi War
(1974–1975) |
Iraq |
KDP |
Victory
- Iraq re-established control over Kurdistan.
|
?
|
Iran–Iraq War
(1980–1988) |
Iraq
MEK
PDKI |
Iran
KDP
PUK
Badr Brigades |
Stalemate
|
105,000–
375,000
|
~100,000
|
Saddam Hussein
|
Gulf War
(1990–1991) |
Iraq |
Kuwait
United States
United Kingdom
Saudi Arabia
France
Canada
Egypt
Syria
Oman
UAE
Qatar |
Defeat
|
20,000–
35,000
|
3,664
|
Sha'aban Intifada
(1991) |
Iraq
MEK |
Badr Brigades
Dawa |
Victory (Southern front)
|
~5,000
|
80,000–
230,000
|
KDP
PUK |
Defeat (Northern front)
|
Iraqi Kurdish Civil War
(1995–1996) |
KDP
Iraq
PDKI |
PUK
INC
United States |
Retreat
|
?
|
Operation Desert Fox
(1998) |
Iraq |
United States
United Kingdom |
Ceasefire
- Much Iraqi infrastructure destroyed.
|
600–
2,000
|
Iraq War
(2003–2011) |
Iraq |
United States
United Kingdom
Australia
Poland
Denmark
Peshmerga |
Defeat (phase 1)
|
7,600–
11,000
|
Disputed
|
Iraq
Iraqi Kurdistan
MNF–I
|
SCJL
Naqshbandi Army
ISIL
Free Iraqi Army
Ansar al-Islam
IAI
Mahdi Army
Special Groups
Badr Brigades
Kata'ib Hezbollah |
Victory (phase 2)
|
16,623
|
Jalal Talabani
|
Iraqi Insurgency
(2011–) |
Iraq
Iraqi Kurdistan
Iran
United States
Syria
YPG
PKK
Mahdi Army
Special Groups
Hezbollah
Badr Brigades
Kata'ib Hezbollah |
Islamic State
Ansar al-Islam
Hamas of Iraq
1920 Brigade
Rashidin Army
Al-Nusra Front |
Ongoing
- Increase in violence since US withdrawal
|
-
|
-
|