Timeline of the Iraq War (2015)

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The Timeline of the Iraq War (2015) covers a part of the 2015 year of the Iraq War.

Chronology[edit]

January[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • February 24 – Multiple bomb attacks around Baghdad kill 37 people and wound dozens.[3]

March[edit]

April[edit]

May[edit]

  • May 15 – ISIL seizes 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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

August[edit]

September[edit]

October[edit]

November[edit]

December[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Suicide attack kills 7 in Iraq". 8 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015. 
  2. ^ "Iraq forces ’liberate’ Diyala province from IS". Yahoo News. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015. 
  3. ^ "Wave of bombings in Baghdad kills 37 people". 24 February 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015. 
  4. ^ "Iraq ’seizes districts from IS’ in Tikrit advance". BBC News. Retrieved 18 July 2015. 
  5. ^ Alkhshali, Hamdi; Smith-Spark, Laura (4 June 2015). "Iraq: ISIS fighters close Ramadi dam gates". CNN. Retrieved 18 July 2015. 
  6. ^ "Militants attack government forces near Iraq’s Baiji refinery". The Daily Star Newspaper. Lebanon. Retrieved 18 July 2015. 
  7. ^ "Fallujah Liberation Key to Securing Anbar". US News & World Report. Retrieved 23 July 2015. 
  8. ^ Salim, Mustafa (18 July 2015). "At least 130 are dead in Iraq after a massive bomb attack". The Washington Post. Retrieved 23 July 2015. 
  9. ^ "Iraq violence: Car bomb kills scores in mainly Shia town". BBC News. Retrieved 23 July 2015. 
  10. ^ "Isis imposes curfew in Mosul after spread of anti-Caliphate graffiti", Ara news, Aug 2015 .