Timeline of the Iraq War (2015)
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See also: Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2015
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The Timeline of the Iraq War (2015) covers a part of the 2015 year of the Iraq War.
Contents
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]
- March 2 – Second Battle of Tikrit begins.[4]
- March 25 – American airstrikes on Tikrit, several Shiite militias go on strike.[citation needed]
April[edit]
- 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[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]
- 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]
- July 23: Turkey begins bombing alleged PKK bases in Northern Iraq.
August[edit]
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- 13 August: 2015 Baghdad market truck bomb
- 21 August: ISIS imposes a curfew on Mosul after residents spray anti-ISIS graffiti on several walls.[10]
September[edit]
October[edit]
November[edit]
December[edit]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "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.
- ^ Alkhshali, Hamdi; Smith-Spark, Laura (4 June 2015). "Iraq: ISIS fighters close Ramadi dam gates". CNN. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Salim, Mustafa (18 July 2015). "At least 130 are dead in Iraq after a massive bomb attack". The Washington Post. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ "Iraq violence: Car bomb kills scores in mainly Shia town". BBC News. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ^ "Isis imposes curfew in Mosul after spread of anti-Caliphate graffiti", Ara news, Aug 2015.
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