This is a list of wars involving the Republic of Iraq and its predecessor states.
Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Iraqi losses | Head of State | Prime Minister | |
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Military | Civilians | ||||||
Mesopotamian Campaign (1914–1918 World War IWWI) | Allied victory | ~89,500 | ~35,500 | ![]() | ![]() | ||
Mahmud Barzanji Revolts (1919–1924) | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Kurdish state
| British-Assyrian victory [2] [3]
| ? | ? | Before 1920: ![]() After 1920: King Faisal I | Before 1920: ![]() After 1920: Abd Al-Rahman Al-Gillani |
Iraqi War of Independence (1920) | Iraqi rebels
| ![]() | British victory | 6,000–10,000 | 2,050–4,000 | None | |
Ikhwan revolt (1927-1930) | ![]()
| ![]() | Allied victory | 2,000 killed in total | Faisal I of Iraq | Faisal bin Sultan | |
Yazidi Revolt (1935) | ![]() | Yazidi tribes | Revolts suppressed
| ? | ? | Ghazi of Iraq | Ali Jawdat al-Ayyubi |
Iraqi Shia Revolts (1935–1936) | ![]() | Iraqi Shia tribesmen Ikha Party | Revolts suppressed | ~500 | |||
Iraqi Coup D'état (1941) | ![]() | ![]() | Golden Square victory
| ? | Faisal II of Iraq | Taha al-Hashimi | |
Anglo-Iraqi War (1941 WWII) | ![]() Military support: ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]()
| Allied victory
| ~500 | ? | Sherif Sharaf | Rashid Ali al-Gaylani |
Barzani Revolt (1943–1945) | ![]() | Barzani tribesmen Allied Kurdish tribes | Iraqi victory
| ? | Faisal II of Iraq | Nuri al-Said | |
Al-Wathbah Uprising (1948) | ![]() | Student Cooperation Committee (communists) Progressive Democrats Populists | Victory
| 300–400 | Mohammad Hassan al-Sadr | ||
First Arab–Israeli War (1948–1949) | Defeat
| ? | None | Muzahim al-Pachachi | |||
14 July Revolution (1958) | ![]() Supported by: | ![]()
| Free Officers Victory
| ~100 | Nuri al-Said | ||
Mosul Uprising (1959) | ![]() | ![]()
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| Attempted coup fails
| 2,426 | Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i | Abd al-Karim Qasim | |
First Iraqi–Kurdish War (1961–1970) | Before 1968:![]() ![]() ![]() Supported by: ![]() After 1968: ![]() | ![]() Yazidis [26] Assyrians Supported by: ![]() ![]() ![]() | Military stalemate [28]
| ~10,000 | ? | ||
Ramadan Revolution (1963) | ![]() | ![]()
![]() | Iraqi Ba'athist victory
| 100 | |||
Ar-Rashid Revolt (1963) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Coup attempt defeated
| 1+ | Abdul Salam Arif | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr | |
November coup d'état (1963) | ![]() ![]() | ![]() | Nasserist victory
| 250 | |||
Six-Day War (1967) | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Minor involvement: ![]() | ![]() | Defeat
| 10 | None | Abdul Rahman Arif | Abdul Rahman Arif |
17 July Revolution | ![]() | ![]() ![]() Supported by: | Ba’ath victory
| Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr | ||
Yom Kippur War (1973) | ![]() | Defeat [45]
| 278 | None | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr | |
Second Iraqi–Kurdish War (1974–1975) | ![]() Supported by: ![]() | ![]() Yazidis [48] ![]() Supported by: | Iraqi victory [51]
| 7,000 | ? | ||
Arvand Conflict (1974–1975) | ![]() | ![]() ![]() | Iranian victory [52]
| Saddam Hussein | Saddam Hussein | ||
Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988) | ![]()
| ![]()
| Inconclusive [f] | 105,000 375,000 | ~100,000 | ||
Invasion of Kuwait (1990) | ![]() | ![]() | Iraqi victory
| 295+ | None | ||
Gulf War (1990–1991) | ![]() |
| Coalition victory
| 20,000–35,000 | 3,664 | ||
1991 Iraqi uprisings (1991) | ![]() Support: | Shia and leftist elements of opposition:
| Iraqi government military victory (Southern Front)
| ~5,000 | 80,000–230,000 | ||
Kurdish rebels: Diplomatic Support: | Government Military Victory (Northern Front)
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Iraqi Kurdish Civil War (1995–1996) | ![]() Supported by: ![]() ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() KCP Iraqi National Congress Supported by: ![]() ![]() ![]() | Washington Agreement
| ? | |||
Bombing of Iraq (1998) | ![]() | ![]() | Coalition military success [82] Politically inconclusive [82]
| 1,400 [83] (KIA or WIA) | ? | ||
Second Sadr Uprising (1999) | ![]() | ![]() | Iraqi government victory
| 40+ | 200+ [86] | ||
Iraq War (2003–2011) | Invasion (2003) | Invasion (2003) Coalition of the willing ![]() ![]() | Defeat (Phase 1)
| 7,600–10,800 | 151,000–1,033,000+ | ||
After invasion (2003–11)![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | After invasion (2003–11)![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Government victory (Phase 2)
| 17,690 | Jalal Talabani | Nouri al-Maliki | ||
War in Iraq (2013 [91] [92] –2017 [93] ) | Allied groups:
Others: | ![]()
| Iraqi and allied victory [106] | 25,000+ | 67,000+ | Fuad Masum | Haider al-Abadi |
2017 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict (2017) | ![]() Supported by: ![]() | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Iraqi victory
| None | None | ||
Iraqi Insurgency (2017–present) | Supported by: ![]()
Supported by: | ![]() ![]() | Ongoing as a hit-and-run campaign | 2,254+ | None | ||
Iraqi intervention in the Syrian Civil War (2017–2019) | ![]() | Victory
| None | None | Barham Salih | Adil Abdul-Mahdi |
History of Iraq |
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