Jump to content

War in Iraq (2013–2017)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by ExceedCharge (talk | contribs) at 16:39, 9 December 2017 (Page hasn't been renamed yet.). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

This article is about the civil war in Iraq. For previous civil wars in Iraq, see Iraqi civil war. For other wars in Iraq, see Iraq War (disambiguation).

Template:Iraqi Civil War infobox

The Iraqi Civil War was an armed conflict in the Middle East between 2014 to 2017. In 2014, the Iraqi insurgency escalated into a civil war with the conquest of Fallujah, Mosul, Tikrit and major areas in northern Iraq by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS or IS). This has resulted in the forced resignation of Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, airstrikes by the United States, Iran, Syria, and at least a dozen other countries,[1] the participation of Iranian troops[2] and military aid provided to Iraq by Russia.[1]

Belligerents

Main article: List of armed groups in the Iraqi Civil War

Both the Iraqi Armed Forces, Kurdish Peshmerga and various Turkmen Muslim, Assyrian Christian, Yezidi, Shabaki, and Armenian Christian forces are facing the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant & Saudi Arabia. Although some 35,000 Kurdish Peshmerga are incorporated into the Iraqi Armed Forces, most Peshmerga forces are operating under the command of the President of Iraqi Kurdistan in the Kurdish autonomous region of Iraq.[3][4][5] Assyrian Christian[disambiguation needed] forces include; Syriac Military Council, Nineveh Plain Forces, Nineveh Plain Protection Units, Qaraqosh Protection Committee, and Dwekh Nawsha, among others.

Timeline

2014

Main article: Timeline of the Iraq War (2014)

In the course of their Anbar campaign, ISIL militants seized at least 70% of the Anbar Province by June 2014,[6] including the cities of Fallujah,[7][8] Al Qaim,[9] and half of the provincial capital of Ramadi.[10] ISIL forces also infiltrated Abu Ghraib in Baghdad Governorate.[11]

In early June 2014, following further large-scale offensives in Iraq, ISIL seized control of Mosul, the second most populous city in Iraq,[12] the nearby town of Tal Afar[13] and most of the surrounding Nineveh province.[14] ISIL also captured parts of Kirkuk and Diyala provinces[15] and Tikrit, the administrative center of the Salahuddin Governorate,[16] with the ultimate goal of capturing Baghdad, the Iraqi capital.[17] ISIS was believed to have only 2,000–3,000 fighters up until the Mosul campaign, but during that campaign, it became evident that this number was a gross underestimate.[18] There were also reports that a number of Sunni groups in Iraq that were opposed to the predominantly Shia government had joined ISIS, thus bolstering the group's numbers.[19][failed verification][20] However, the Kurds—who are mostly Sunnis—in the northeast of Iraq, were unwilling to be drawn into the conflict, and there were clashes in the area between ISIL and the Kurdish Peshmerga.[21][22]

ISIL executed 1,700 Iraq soldiers who had surrendered in the fighting and released many images of mass executions via its Twitter feed and various websites.[23]

In late June, ISIS militants captured two key crossings in Anbar, a day after seizing the border crossing at Al-Qaim. According to analysts, capturing these crossings could aid ISIL in transporting weapons and equipment to different battlefields.[24] Two days later, the Syrian Air Force bombed ISIL positions in Iraq. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki stated: "There was no coordination involved, but we welcome this action. We welcome any Syrian strike against Isis because this group targets both Iraq and Syria."[25]

At this point, The Jerusalem Post reported that the Obama administration had requested US$500 million from the US Congress to use in the training and arming of "moderate" Syrian rebels fighting against the Syrian government, in order to counter the growing threat posed by ISIS in Syria and Iraq.[26]

On 29 June, ISIL announced the establishment of a new caliphate. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was appointed its caliph, and the group formally changed its name to the Islamic State.[27] Four days later, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the self-proclaimed caliph of the new Islamic State, said that Muslims should unite to capture Rome in order to "own the world."[28][29] He called on Muslims the world over to unite behind him as their leader.[30]

On 24 July, ISIL blew up the Mosque and tomb of the Prophet Yunus (Jonah) in Mosul,[31] with no reported casualties.[32] Residents in the area said that ISIS had erased a piece of Iraqi heritage.[33] Jonah's tomb was also an important holy site in the Jewish heritage as well.[34] A few days later, ISIL also blew up the Nabi Shiyt (Prophet Seth) shrine in Mosul. Sami al-Massoudi, deputy head of the Shia endowment agency which oversees holy sites, confirmed the destruction and added that ISIS had taken artifacts from the shrine to an unknown location.[35]

In an August offensive, ISIL captured Sinjar and a number of other towns in the north of the country. Almost 200,000 civilians, mostly Yazidis, managed to flee from the fighting in Sinjar city,[36][37] about 50,000 of them fled into the Sinjar Mountains,[37] where they were trapped without food, water or medical care,[38] facing starvation and dehydration.[37] They had been threatened with death if they refused conversion to Islam. A UN representative said that "a humanitarian tragedy is unfolding in Sinjar."[39] By the end of the month, ISIL massacred 5,000 Yazidi men, with killings running in the hundreds in different villages.[40] In addition, during this latest offensive, the Islamic State advanced to within 30 km of the Iraqi Kurdish capital of Erbil in northern Iraq.[41][42]

Prompted by the siege and killings of the Yazidis, on 7 August, President Obama authorized targeted airstrikes in Iraq against ISIL, along with airdrops of aid.[43] The UK offered the US assistance with surveillance and refuelling, and planned humanitarian airdrops to Iraqi refugees.[44] The US asserted that the systematic destruction of the Yazidi people by the Islamic State was genocide.[45] The Arab League also accused the Islamic State of committing crimes against humanity.[46][47]

On 13 August, U.S. airstrikes and Kurdish forces broke the ISIL siege of Mount Sinjar.[48][49][50] Also, five days later, Kurdish Peshmerga ground troops, with the help of Iraqi Special Forces and the US air campaign, overran ISIL militants and reclaimed the Mosul Dam.[51][52][53]

On 31 August, the United States, France, United Kingdom and Australia began humanitarian aid drops, like food, water and medical supplies, to help prevent a potential massacre against the Shi'a Turkmen minority in Amirli. The US also carried out air strikes on ISIS positions around and near Amirli. Iraqi officials stated that they had reached Amirli and broken the siege and that the military was fighting to clear the areas around the town. This is known to be the first major turning point against the ISIL in Iraq.[54]

In September, the United States sent an additional 250 US troops to protect American personnel,[55] while the first engagement of the British military against IS targets took place when a British Panavia Tornado jet dropped a Paveway IV bomb on "a heavy weapon position" operated by ISIS in northwest Iraq at the end of the month.[56][57] In addition, Australia offered 200 special forces to the Kurds[58] and 600 Australian troops landed in the UAE.[59][60] The following month, Australia authorized its special forces troops to go to Iraq as part of the anti-ISIS coalition that day,[61][62] as well as authorizing airstrikes.[63]

Mid-October, ISIL forces captured the city of Hīt, after the 300-strong Iraqi Army garrison abandoned and set afire its local base and supplies and about 180,000 civilians (including refugees of the previous Anbar offensive) fled the area.[64][65] Later that month, Operation Ashura is launched by Iraqi forces and Iranian-backed Shia militas, scoring a major victory and retaking the strategic town of Jurf al-Sakhar near Baghdad, and securing the way for millions of Shia pilgrims who were going to Karbala and Najaf On the Day of Ashura. Kurdish forces, meanwhile, recaptured Zumar.[66]

On 21 October, ISIL seized terrain north of the Sinjar Mountains, thus cutting the area's escape route to Kurdish areas. The Yazidi militias then withdrew from there into the mountains, where the number of Yazidi civilian refugees was estimated at 2,000–7,000.[67] The mountains had once again been partially besieged by ISIL.[68]

In mid-November, Iraqi forces retook control of most part of the strategic city Baiji from the Islamic State[69][70] and breaks the siege of the nearby oil refinery.[71] However, by the following month, ISIL recaptured Baiji and reestablished the siege of the refinery.[72][73][74]

On 17 December, Peshmerga forces, backed by 50 U.S.-led coalition airstrikes on ISIL positions,[75] launched an offensive to liberate Sinjar[75] and to break the partial ISIL siege of the Sinjar Mountains.[68] In less than two days, the siege was broken. After ISIL forces retreated, Kurdish fighters were initially faced with clearing out mines around the area,[76] but quickly opened a land corridor to those mountains, enabling Yazidis to be evacuated. The operation left 100 ISIL fighters dead.[75]

Late on 21 December, Syrian Kurdish YPG fighters south of the mountain range reached Peshmerga lines, thus linking their two fronts.[68] The next day, the YPG broke through ISIL lines, thus opening a corridor from Syria to the town of Sinjar. By the evening, the Peshmerga took control of much of Sinjar.[68]

2015

Main article: Timeline of the Iraq War (2015)

In late January, Iraqi forces recaptured the entire province of Diyala from the Islamic State.[77] Also, beginning of the Mosul Offensive in which Peshmerga forces captured large amount of territory surrounding Mosul.[78]

On 2 March, Second Battle of Tikrit began[79] and after more than a month of hard fighting, government troops and pro-Iranian Shiite militias overcame ISIL fighters and took Tikrit. This success was off-set in late May, by ISIL's capture of the provincial capital of Ramadi in Anbar province.

On 17 July, a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb in a crowded 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 since the bombing.[80][81]

On 13 August, a suicide bomber detonated a truck bomb in a crowded marketplace in Sadr City, Baghdad, killing at least 75 people and injuring 212 more.[82]

On 27 August, a suicide bomber assassinated General Abdel Rahman Abu Ragheef, deputy commander of operations in the province of Anbar, and Brigadier Safeen Abdel Majeed, a divisional commander.[83]

ISIL forces lost Sinjar on November 13 to Kurdish forces.[84]

On December 16–17, ISIL forces mounted a major offensive north-east of Mosul against Kurdish position but were repelled.[85]

Starting December 22, the Iraqi Army began a campaign to recapture Ramadi.

On December 28, Iraq declared Ramadi liberated from ISIL forces and under the control of the Iraqi government.[86]

2016

Main article: Timeline of the Iraq War (2016)

Iraqi forces regained control of Hīt and Ar-Rutbah in offensive operations in 2016 and then Fallujah as well in the Third Battle of Fallujah ending in June 2016.

On 16 October 2016, Battle of Mosul (2016-17) began.

2017

Main article: Timeline of the Iraq War (2017)
  • The Iraqi Army, with the help of the Popular Mobilization Forces, launched the Western Nineveh offensive (2017).
  • Iraqi Army forces capture Mosul on the 10th of July.
  • The Iraqi Army launched the Tal Afar offensive (2017) on the 20th of August.
  • The Battle of Tal Afar ends on the 31th of August with a major Iraqi Army victory.
  • The Iraqi Army launched the Hawija offensive (2017) on the 20th of September.
  • The Iraqi Army claims victory in the Hawija offensive (2017) on the 5th of October.
  • The Iraqi Army launches an offensive on Peshmerga held Kirkuk on the 15th of October.
  • The Iraqi Army fully captures Kirkuk on the 16th of October after Pershmerga withdrawal.
  • The Iraqi Army fully captures Sinjar on the 17th of October from Peshmerga forces.
  • The Iraqi Army fully captured Al-Qa'im on the 3rd of November, during the Western Iraq campaign.
  • The Iraqi Army fully captured Rawah on the 17th of November.[87]
  • The Iraqi Army reinstated full control of the country on the 9th of December after capturing the last militant held areas in the al-Jazira desert bordering Syria. [88]

Human rights

Nearly 19,000 civilians have been killed in Iraq in ISIL-linked violence between January 2014 and October 2015.[89] ISIL executed up to 1,700 Shia Iraqi Air Force cadets from Camp Speicher near Tikrit on 12 June 2014.[90] The genocide of Yazidis by ISIL has led to the expulsion, flight and effective exile of the Yazidi people from their ancestral lands in northern Iraq.[91]

According to Newsweek, Amnesty International claimed that "Iraqi government forces and paramilitary militias have tortured, arbitrarily detained, forcibly disappeared and executed thousands of civilians who have fled the rule of the Islamic State militant group".[92] The report, titled ‘Punished for Daesh’s crimes’, alleges that thousands of Sunni men and boys have been forcibly disappeared by Iraqi government forces and militias.[93]

See also

2

References

  1. ^ a b "Who Else, Besides Americans, Are Flying Fighter Jets in Iraq?". Slate Magazine. Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Iran 'sent soldiers to fight in Iraq'". Al Jazeera America. 23 August 2014. Archived from the original on 20 September 2014. Retrieved 11 September 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "How effective is Isis compared with the Iraqi army and Kurdish peshmerga?". The Guardian. 12 June 2014. Archived from the original on 26 June 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ "6 essential facts about Iraq's Kurds". Vox. 12 August 2014. Archived from the original on 29 January 2017. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga: Divided from Within". Ekurd Daily. 12 August 2014. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ "John Kerry holds talks in Iraq as more cities fall to ISIS militants". CNN. 23 June 2014.
  7. ^ "Al Qaeda-linked militants capture Fallujah during violent outbreak". Fox News Channel. 4 January 2014.
  8. ^ "Iraq's Fallujah falls to Qaeda militants as 65 killed". 7 News. 5 January 2014. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "Militants kill 21 Iraqi leaders, capture 2 border crossings". NY Daily News. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  10. ^ "Islamic State overruns Camp Speicher, routs Iraqi forces". Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  11. ^ "Iraq Update #42: Al-Qaeda in Iraq Patrols Fallujah; Aims for Ramadi, Mosul, Baghdad". Institute for the Study of War. Archived from the original on 6 August 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  12. ^ Al-Salhy, Suadad; Arango, Tim (10 June 2014). "Sunni Militants Drive Iraqi Army Out of Mosul". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 16 March 2017. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ Al-Sanjary, Ziad; Rasheed, Ahmed (15 June 2014). "Advancing Iraq rebels seize northwest town in heavy battle". Reuters. Archived from the original on 15 June 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  14. ^ "Rebels seize control of Iraq's Nineveh - Middle East". Al Jazeera English. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
  15. ^ "Jihadists seize areas in Iraq's Kirkuk province: police | News , Middle East". The Daily Star. 2014-06-10. Retrieved 2014-07-31.
  16. ^ "Iraq city of Tikrit falls to ISIS fighters". Aljazeera.com. 12 June 2014. Archived from the original on 13 June 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  17. ^ Curry, Colleen (13 June 2014). "A Simple and Useful Guide to Understanding the Conflict in Iraq". ABC News. Archived from the original on 14 June 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  18. ^ Neriah, Jacques (11 June 2014). "Is the Fall of Mosul in Iraq to the Jihadists a "Game Changer"?". Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 16 June 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  19. ^ "Diverse groups make up Iraq's Sunni insurgency". Middle East Eye. 18 June 2014. Archived from the original on 21 June 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  20. ^ Sherlock, Ruth; Malouf, Carol (20 June 2014). "Islamic Army of Iraq founder: Isis and Sunni Islamists will march on Baghdad". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 June 2014.
  21. ^ Collard, Rebecca (20 June 2014). "Kurdish fighters mull whether to defend Iraq". TIME. Archived from the original on 21 June 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  22. ^ Windrem, Robert (20 June 2014). "As Sunnis, Shiites Battle, Are Iraq's Kurds Preparing to Declare Independence?". NBC News. Archived from the original on 26 June 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  23. ^ Norland, Rod; Rubin, Alissa A. "Massacre Claim Shakes Iraq Archived 2016-07-26 at the Wayback Machine" The New York Times. 15 June 2014.
  24. ^ "Sunni militants 'seize Iraq's western border crossings'". BBC News. 22 June 2014. Archived from the original on 22 June 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  25. ^ Chulov, Martin; Hawramy, Fazel (27 June 2014). "Isis: Maliki hails Syrian air raids in Iraq as leaving both states 'winners'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 14 July 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  26. ^ "Obama seeks $500 million from Congress to train 'moderate' Syrian rebels to fight ISIS Archived 2016-02-13 at the Wayback Machine" The Jerusalem Post. 28 June 2014.
  27. ^ Withnall, Adam (29 June 2014). "Iraq crisis: Isis changes name and declares its territories a new Islamic state with 'restoration of caliphate' in Middle East". The Independent. Archived from the original on 30 June 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  28. ^ Rousselle, Christine (2 July 2014). "Leader of Islamic State Claims Rome Will Be Conquered Next". Townhall.com. Archived from the original on 3 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  29. ^ McElory, Damien. "Rome will be conquered next, says leader of 'Islamic State'". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 3 July 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  30. ^ "ISIS leader calls for global Muslim obedience". Middle East Star. 5 July 2014. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  31. ^ "Iraq jihadists blow up 'Jonah's tomb' in Mosul". The Telegraph. Agence France-Presse. 25 July 2014. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  32. ^ "Isis militants blow up Jonah's tomb". The Guardian. Associated Press. 24 July 2014. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  33. ^ Malas, Nour (25 July 2014). "Jihadists in Iraq Erase Cultural Heritage". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  34. ^ "Report on the tomb destroyal in Israeli news". Archived from the original on 2014-10-09. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  35. ^ "ISIS destroys Prophet Sheth shrine in Mosul". Al Arabiya. 26 July 2014. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  36. ^ Sunni Extremists in Iraq Seize 3 Towns From Kurds and Threaten Major Dam Archived 2014-10-15 at the Wayback Machine. New York Times, 3 August 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  37. ^ a b c "UN Security Council condemns attacks by Iraqi jihadists". BBC News. 7 August 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  38. ^ ‘Iraqi Yazidi lawmaker: 'Hundreds of my people are being slaughtered'’ Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine. CNN, 6 August 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  39. ^ Salih, Mohammed; van Wilgenburg, Wladimir (5 August 2014). "Iraqi Yazidis: 'If we move they will kill us'". Aljazeera.com. Archived from the original on 6 August 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  40. ^ Hopkins, Steve (14 October 2014). "Full horror of the Yazidis who didn't escape Mount Sinjar: UN confirms 5,000 men were executed and 7,000 women are now kept as sex slaves". The Daily Mail. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 13 March 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  41. ^ "مصادر كردية: "الدولة الإسلامية" على بعد 30 كيلومترا من إربيل". ynewsiq.com. 9 August 2014. Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  42. ^ Spencer, Richard (10 August 2014). "American air strikes help Kurdish forces reclaim towns from Islamic State". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 2014-08-11. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  43. ^ "Obama Authorized Targeted Airstrikes in Iraq Against Islamic Militants, Along with Airdrops". Associated Press. 7 August 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  44. ^ "UK planes to drop emergency aid to Iraqi refugees". BBC News. 8 August 2014. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  45. ^ Noack, Rick (8 August 2014). "When Obama talks about Iraq, his use of the word 'genocide' is vital". The Washington Post. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  46. ^ "Arab League denounces ISIS attacks as "crimes against humanity"". Al Arabiya. 11 August 2014. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  47. ^ "Mid Day News – 11/08/2014 – التطورات في العراق". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2015-01-28. Retrieved 2014-08-12. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  48. ^ "Militants' Siege on Mountain in Iraq Is Over, Pentagon Says". Archived from the original on 2017-02-24. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  49. ^ Roussinos, Aris (16 August 2014). "'Everywhere Around Is the Islamic State': On the Road in Iraq with YPG Fighters". Vice News. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  50. ^ Shelton, Tracey (29 August 2014). "'If it wasn't for the Kurdish fighters, we would have died up there'". Global Post. Archived from the original on 2 September 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  51. ^ "Mosul Dam's Takeover by ISIS Raises Risk of Flooding". The Wall Street Journal. 17 August 2014. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)(subscription required) (Accessible via Google.)
  52. ^ "US air strikes hit Islamic State near Mosul dam". Sydney Morning Herald. 17 August 2014. Archived from the original on 25 September 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  53. ^ "Troops in Iraq Rout Sunni Militants From a Key Dam". The New York Times. 18 August 2014. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 20 March 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  54. ^ "Iraqi forces 'reach besieged Amerli'". BBC News. 31 August 2014. Archived from the original on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  55. ^ "Obama to send approximately 350 additional military personnel to Iraq". Fox News Channel. 3 September 2014. Archived from the original on 8 September 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2014. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  56. ^ RAF Tornadoes strike first Islamic State targets Archived 2016-02-13 at the Wayback Machine – Flightglobal.com, 30 September 2014
  57. ^ "Moment Britain bombed ISIS in pictures as RAF Tornados launch second wave in Iraq – Daily Mail Online". Mail Online. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  58. ^ "Australian Troops In UAE Await Australia Decision To Fight ISIS; Julie Bishop Explains Delay". International Business Times. Archived from the original on November 30, 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  59. ^ "Australia to send 600 troops to UAE to help fight IS". Middle East Eye. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  60. ^ "BBC News – Islamic State crisis: Australia to send 600 troops to UAE". BBC News. Archived from the original on 28 October 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  61. ^ [1][dead link‍]
  62. ^ "Australia deploys special forces, joins air strikes in Iraq". Yahoo News UK. 3 October 2014. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  63. ^ "Australia deploys special forces, joins air strikes in Iraq". Yahoo News UK. 3 October 2014. Archived from the original on 7 October 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  64. ^ "Islamic State militants overrun the strategic city of Heet and claim half Syrian border town of Kobane". NewsComAu. Archived from the original on 31 January 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  65. ^ United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. "UNHCR – Iraq's displacement crisis deepens as civilians flee latest ISIS offensive". UNHCR. Archived from the original on 18 October 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  66. ^ "Iraqi Forces Recapture Key Towns from Isis Following 22 US Air Strikes". International Business Times. October 25, 2014. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  67. ^ "Iraq Sinjar battle (21 Oct 2014)". Agathocle de Syracuse. 21 October 2014. Archived from the original on 26 February 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  68. ^ a b c d "Islamic State counterattacks refinery as fight for Iraq swings back and forth". McClatchy DC. 22 December 2014. Archived from the original on January 28, 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  69. ^ "Iraqi Forces Advance in Jihadist-Held Baiji". Naharnet. 7 November 2014. Archived from the original on 8 November 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  70. ^ "Iraq troops 'push Islamic State from oil town of Baiji'". BBC News. 2014-11-14. Archived from the original on 2014-11-17. Retrieved 2014-11-18. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  71. ^ "Iraqi security forces enter Baiji refinery". Al Arabiya. 2014-11-18. Archived from the original on 2014-11-21. Retrieved 2014-11-18. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  72. ^ Avaneesh Pandey (22 December 2014). "ISIS In Iraq: Kurds Recapture Mount Sinjar As Islamic State Group Retakes Baiji Oil Refinery". International Business Times. Archived from the original on 3 May 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  73. ^ IANS (22 December 2014). "Iraqi army retake military airbase outside Tal Afar". Archived from the original on 11 June 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  74. ^ "Iraq". Rudaw. Archived from the original on 24 June 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  75. ^ a b c "An Early Success for the Kurds in Sinjar". The New Yorker. 19 December 2014. Archived from the original on 27 March 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  76. ^ "ISIL land mines frustrate effort to get aid to freed Mount Sinjar Yazidis". Aljazeera America. 19 December 2014. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  77. ^ "Iraq forces 'liberate' Diyala province from IS". Yahoo News. 26 January 2015. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  78. ^ Loveday Morris (22 January 2015). "Kurds say they have ejected Islamic State militants from large area in northern Iraq". Washington Post.
  79. ^ "Iraq 'seizes districts from IS' in Tikrit advance". BBC News. Archived from the original on 14 June 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  80. ^ Mustafa Salim (18 July 2015). "At least 130 are dead in Iraq after a massive bomb attack". Washington Post.
  81. ^ "Iraq violence: Car bomb kills scores in mainly Shia town". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2015-07-17. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  82. ^ "Islamic State claims huge truck bomb attack in Baghdad's Sadr City". Reuters. Archived from the original on 13 August 2015. Retrieved 13 August 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  83. ^ "Iraq conflict: Bomb kills two generals near Ramadi". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2015-09-04. Retrieved 2015-09-02. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  84. ^ Michael R. Gordon; Rukmini Callimachi (13 November 2015). "Kurdish Fighters Retake Iraqi City of Sinjar From ISIS". New York Times. Archived from the original on 13 November 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  85. ^ Missy Ryan (17 December 2015). "Islamic State offensive in northern Iraq, although repelled, shows group's resilience". Washington Post. Archived from the original on 19 December 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  86. ^ "Iraq declares Ramadi liberated from Islamic State". BBC News. Archived from the original on 2015-12-28. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  87. ^ http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42026801
  88. ^ "Iraq declares war with IS is over". BBC News. 2017-12-09. Retrieved 2017-12-09.
  89. ^ "Nearly 19,000 civilians killed in Iraq in 21-month period, report says". CNN. 19 January 2016. Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  90. ^ Ellis, Ralph (6 April 2015). "New mass graves found in Tikrit". CNN. Archived from the original on 7 April 2015. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  91. ^ Arraf, Jane (7 August 2014). "Islamic State persecution of Yazidi minority amounts to genocide, UN says". The Christian Science Monitor. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 8 August 2014.
  92. ^ "Iraqi Civilians Fleeing ISIS in Mosul Face Torture and Death in Revenge Attacks: Amnesty". Newsweek. 18 October 2016. Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  93. ^ "Mosul offensive: Iraqi-backed troops accused of torturing civilians ahead of operation to rid city of Isis". The Independent. 18 October 2016. Archived from the original on 22 October 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=War_in_Iraq_(2013–2017)&oldid=814570252"