Conflict
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Combatant 1
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Combatant 2
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Results
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Iraqi losses
|
Head of State
|
Prime Minister
|
Military
|
Civilians
|
Mesopotamian Campaign (1914–1918 WWI)
|
Ottoman Empire
|
United Kingdom
|
Defeat
|
~89,500
|
~35,500
|
Mehmed VI (Ottoman rule)
|
Ahmet Tevfik Pasha (Ottoman rule)
|
Mahmud Barzanji Revolts (1919–1924)
|
United Kingdom
|
Kingdom of Kurdistan
Kurdish Tribesmen
|
Government victory
|
?
|
?
|
Before 1920: Sir Percy Cox
(British High Commissioner)
After 1920: King Faisal I
|
Before 1920: Sir Percy Cox
(British High Commissioner)
After 1920: Abd Al-Rahman Al-Gillani
|
Iraqi War of Independence (1920)
|
Iraqi Rebels
|
United Kingdom
|
Iraqi Political Victory
|
6,000–10,000
|
2,050–4,000
|
None
|
Ikhwan revolt (1927-1930)
|
United Kingdom
|
Ikhwan
|
Coalition Victory
|
2,000 killed in total
|
Faisal I of Iraq
|
Faisal bin Sultan
|
Yazidi Revolt (1935)
|
Kingdom of Iraq
|
Yazidi Tribesmen
|
Government victory
|
?
|
?
|
Ghazi of Iraq
|
Ali Jawdat al-Aiyubi
|
Iraqi Shia Revolts (1935–1936)
|
Kingdom of Iraq
|
Shia Tribesmen
|
Government victory
|
~500
|
Iraqi Coup D'état (1941)
|
Kingdom of Iraq
|
Golden Square Rebels
|
Golden Square Victory
|
?
|
Faisal II of Iraq
|
Taha al-Hashimi
|
Anglo-Iraqi War (1941 WWII)
|
Kingdom of Iraq (Golden Square)
Germany
Italy
|
United Kingdom
India
Iraq Levies
Royalists
Transjordan
Australia
New Zealand
Greece
|
Defeat
- Re-installation of Hashemite royal dynasty and pro-British government
|
~500
|
?
|
Sherif Sharaf
|
Rashid Ali al-Gaylani
|
Barzani Revolt (1943–1945)
|
Kingdom of Iraq
|
Barzani Kurds
|
Government victory
|
?
|
Faisal II of Iraq
|
Nuri al-Said
|
Al-Wathbah Uprising (1948)
|
Kingdom of Iraq
|
Communists
|
Government victory
|
300–400
|
Mohammad Hassan al-Sadr
|
First Arab–Israeli War (1948–1949)
|
Egypt
Kingdom of Iraq
Transjordan
Syria
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
HWA
ALA
|
Israel
|
Defeat
|
?
|
None
|
Muzahim al-Pachachi
|
14 July Revolution (1958)
|
Hashemite Arab Federation
Support:
Hashemite Arab Federation
|
Free Officers
|
Free Officers Victory
|
~100
|
Nuri al-Said
|
Mosul Uprising (1959)
|
Iraqi Republic
|
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Flag_of_Egypt_without_eagle.svg/23px-Flag_of_Egypt_without_eagle.svg.png) Arab Nationalists
|
Government victory
|
2,426
|
Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i
|
Abd al-Karim Qasim
|
First Iraqi–Kurdish War (1961–1970)
|
Iraqi Republic
Syria → Syria
|
KDP
|
Stalemate
|
~10,000
|
?
|
Ramadan Revolution (1963)
|
Iraqi Republic
|
![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iraq_%281963%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png) Arab Nationalists
|
Ba'athist Victory
|
100
|
Ar-Rashid Revolt (1963)
|
Iraqi Republic
|
Communists
|
Government victory
|
1+
|
Abdul Salam Arif
|
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
|
November coup d'état (1963)
|
Iraqi Republic
|
Nasserists
|
Nasserist victory
|
250
|
Six-Day War (1967)
|
United Arab Republic
Syria
Jordan
Iraqi Republic
Lebanon
|
Israel
|
Defeat
|
10
|
None
|
Abdul Rahman Arif
|
Abdul Rahman Arif
|
October War (1973)
|
Egypt
Syria
Ba'athist Iraq
Jordan
Algeria
Morocco
Saudi Arabia
Cuba
|
Israel
|
Defeat[1]
|
278
|
None
|
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
|
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr
|
Second Iraqi–Kurdish War (1974–1975)
|
Ba'athist Iraq
|
KDP
Iran
|
Government victory[3]
- Iraq re-established control over Kurdistan
|
7,000
|
?
|
Arvand Conflict (1974–1975)
|
Iraq
|
Iran
|
Defeat
|
|
|
Saddam Hussein
|
Saddam Hussein
|
Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988)
|
Iraq
MEK
DRFLA
Sudan
|
Iran
KDP
PUK
Badr Brigades
|
Stalemate
|
105,000 375,000
|
~100,000
|
Invasion of Kuwait (1990)
|
Iraq
|
Kuwait
|
Victory
|
295+
|
None
|
Gulf War (1990–1991)
|
→ Iraq
|
Kuwait
United States
United Kingdom
Saudi Arabia
France
Canada
Egypt
Syria
Oman
United Arab Emirates
Qatar
Italy
Australia
|
Defeat
- Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait; Emir Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah restored
- Heavy casualties and destruction of Iraqi and Kuwaiti infrastructure
|
20,000–35,000
|
3,664
|
1991 Iraqi uprisings (1991)
|
Iraq
MEK
|
Badr Brigades
Dawa
|
Government victory (Southern Front)
|
~5,000
|
80,000–230,000
|
KDP
PUK
|
Government Military Victory (Northern Front)
|
Iraqi Kurdish Civil War (1995–1996)
|
KDP
Iraq
KDPI
|
PUK
United States
|
Stalemate
|
?
|
Bombing of Iraq (1998)
|
Iraq
|
United States
United Kingdom
|
Defeat
- Much Iraqi military infrastructure destroyed
|
1,400[4](KIA or WIA)
|
?
|
Second Sadr Uprising (1999)
|
Iraq
|
Badr Brigades
Dawa
|
Government victory
|
40+
|
200+[5]
|
Iraq War (2003–2011)
|
Iraq
|
United States
United Kingdom
Australia
Poland
Peshmerga
|
Defeat (Phase 1)
|
7,600–10,800
|
151,000–1,033,000+
|
→ Iraq
Peshmerga
MNF–I
|
SCJL
Naqshbandi Army
Free Iraqi Army
al-Qaeda
ISI
Ansar al-Islam IAI
Mahdi Army
Badr Brigades
Kata'ib Hezbollah
|
Government victory (Phase 2)
|
17,690
|
Jalal Talabani
|
Nouri al-Maliki
|
Second Iraqi Civil War (2013–2017)
|
Iraq
Peshmerga
Sinjar Alliance
CJTF–OIR
Iran
Hezbollah
|
ISIL
Ansar al-Islam
SCJL
Naqshbandi Army
Mujahideen Army
|
Government victory
- Iraqi territorial integrity preserved
- ISIL expelled from all strongholds in Iraq[6]
- ISIL genocides against Yazidis, Shias, and Christians in 2014
|
25,000+
|
67,000+
|
Fuad Masum
|
Haider al-Abadi
|
2017 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict (2017)
|
Iraq
|
Peshmerga
|
Victory
- Iraq defeats Peshmerga and retakes disputed territories
|
None
|
None
|
Iraqi Insurgency (2017–present)
|
Iraq
|
Naqshbandi Army
ISIL
|
Ongoing
|
2,254+
|
None
|
Iraqi intervention in the Syrian Civil War (2017–2019)
|
|
ISIL
|
Victory
- ISIL loses remaining territory in Syria
|
None
|
None
|
Barham Salih
|
Adil Abdul-Mahdi
|