List of conflicts in Iraq

This is a list of conflicts in Iraq arranged chronologically from ancient to modern times. This list includes any raid, strike, skirmish, siege, sacking, and/or battle (land, naval, and air) that occurred on the territories of what may today be referred to as Iraq; however, in which the conflict itself may have only been part of an operation of a campaign in a theater of a greater war (e.g. any and/or all border, undeclared, colonial, proxy, liberation, global wars, etc.). There may also be periods of violent, civil unrest listed; such as, shootouts, spree killings, massacres, terrorist attacks, coups, assassinations, regicides, riots, rebellions, revolutions, and civil wars (as well as wars of succession and/or independence). The list might also contain episodes of human sacrifice, mass suicide, and ethnic cleansing/genocide.

Ancient times (c. 3300 BCE – c. 651 CE)

 * c. 217 Roman-Sassanid Wars
 * c. 264 CE Battle of Ctesiphon
 * c. 344 CE Battle of Satala
 * c. 359 CE Siege of Singara
 * c. 359 CE Siege of Amida
 * c. April 27, 363 CE Siege of Pirisabora
 * c. May 29, 363 CE Battle of Ctesiphon
 * c. June 363 CE Battle of Samarra
 * c. 502 Byzantine–Sassanid wars
 * c. 502 Anastasian War
 * c. 526 Iberian War
 * c. 572 Byzantine–Sassanid War
 * c. 602 Byzantine–Sassanid War
 * c. 633 Muslim conquest of Persia
 * c. April 633 CE Battle of River
 * c. May 633 CE Battle of Walaja
 * c. May 633 CE Battle of Ullais
 * c. May 633 CE Battle of Hira
 * c. 633 CE Battle of Ayn al-Tamr
 * c. November 633 CE Battle of Muzayyah
 * c. November 633 CE Battle of Saniyy
 * c. November 633 CE Battle of Zumail
 * c. January 634 CE Battle of Firaz
 * c. November 634 CE Battle of the Bridge
 * c. November 16 Battle of al-Qādisiyyah
 * c. January Siege of Ctesiphon
 * c. April 637 CE Battle of Jalula

Medieval times (c. 651 – c. 1517 CE)

 * c. 861 Anarchy at Samarra
 * Buyid-Hamdanid Wars
 * c. 946 CE Battle of Baghdad
 * Abbasid-Seljuq Wars
 * c. 1157 CE Siege of Baghdad
 * c. 1206 Mongol invasions and conquests
 * c. 1258 CE Siege of Baghdad

Ottoman empire (c. 1517 – c. 1917 CE)

 * c. 1514 Ottoman–Persian Wars
 * c. 1532 Ottoman–Safavid War
 * c. 1534 CE Capture of Baghdad
 * c. 1623 Ottoman–Safavid War
 * c. 1623 CE Capture of Baghdad
 * c. 1638 CE Capture of Baghdad
 * c. July 28, 1914 World War I
 * c. October 29, 1914 Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
 * c. November 6, 1914 Mesopotamian campaign
 * c. November 6, 1914 CE Fao Landing
 * c. November 11 Battle of Basra
 * c. December 3 Battle of Qurna
 * c. April 12 Battle of Shaiba
 * c. September 28, 1915 CE Battle of Es Sinn
 * c. November 22 Battle of Ctesiphon
 * c. December 7, 1915 Siege of Kut
 * c. January 6 Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad
 * c. January 13, 1916 CE Battle of Wadi
 * c. January 21, 1916 CE Battle of Hanna
 * c. March 8, 1916 CE Battle of Dujaila
 * March 8, 1,917 C.E. — March 11, 1,917 C.E. Fall of Baghdad
 * February 23, 1,917 C.E. Second Battle of Kut
 * September 28, 1,917 C.E. — September 29, 1,917 C.E. Battle of Ramadi
 * March 26, 1,918 C.E. — March 27, 1,918 C.E. Action of Khan Baghdadi
 * October 23, 1,918 C.E. — October 30, 1,918 C.E. Battle of Sharqat
 * 1,918 C.E. — 2,003 C.E. Iraqi–Kurdish conflict

Occupied Enemy Territory Administration (c. 1917 – c. 1920 CE)

 * May 1,920 C.E. — October 1,920 C.E. Iraqi revolt against the British

Kingdom of Iraq (c. 1932 – c. 1958 CE)

 * September 1, 1,939 C.E. — September 2, 1,945 C.E. World War II
 * June 10, 1,940 C.E. — May 2, 1,945 C.E. Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II
 * May 2, 1,941 C.E. — May 31, 1,941 C.E. Anglo-Iraqi War
 * April 1, 1,941 C.E. Iraq coup
 * 1,918 C.E. — 2,003 C.E. Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
 * November 1,922 C.E. — July 1,924 C.E. Mahmud Barzanji revolts
 * 1,931 C.E. — 1,932 C.E. Ahmed Barzani revolt
 * 1,943 C.E. — October 1,945 C.E. Barzani revolt

Ba'athist Iraq (c. 1968 – c. 2003 CE)

 * September 11, 1,961 C.E. — 1,970 C.E. First Kurdish–Iraqi War
 * April 1,974 C.E. — Mid 1,975 C.E. Second Kurdish–Iraqi War
 * 1,975 C.E. — 1,983 C.E. PUK insurgency
 * September 1,983 C.E. — September 1,988 C.E. Kurdish Rebellion
 * May 1,994 C.E. — November 24, 1,997 C.E. Iraqi Kurdish Civil War
 * September 22, 1,980 C.E. — August 20, 1,988 C.E. First Persian Gulf War
 * 1,980 C.E. Iraqi invasion
 * September 23, 1,980 C.E. Operation Kaman 99
 * October 29, 1,980 C.E. Operation Sultan 10
 * September 30, 1,980 C.E. Operation Scorch Sword
 * November 28, 1,980 C.E. — November 29, 1,980 C.E. Operation Morvarid
 * 1,981 C.E. Stalemate
 * April 4, 1,981 C.E. Attack on H3
 * 1,982 C.E. Iranian offensive
 * Early July 1,982 C.E. Operation Ramadan
 * 1,983 C.E. — 1,985 C.E. Strategic stalemate
 * February 6, 1,983 C.E. — February 26, 1,983 Operation Before the Dawn
 * April 10, 1,983 C.E. Operation Dawn 1
 * July 22, 1,983 C.E. Operation Dawn 2
 * July 30, 1,983 C.E. — August 9, 1,983 Operation Dawn 3
 * October 19, 1,983 C.E. — mid November 1,983 Operation Dawn 4
 * Early 1,984 C.E. Operation Dawn 5
 * February 14, 1,984 C.E. — March 19, 1,984 Operation Kheibar
 * February 22, 1,984 C.E. — February 24, 1,984 C.E. Operation Dawn 6
 * 1,984 C.E. Battle of the Marshes
 * March 10, 1,985 C.E. — March 20, 1,985 C.E. Operation Badr
 * 1,986 C.E. — 1,987 C.E. Duel offensives
 * 1,986 C.E. — 1,989 C.E. Al-Anfal Campaign
 * March 16, 1,988 C.E. Halabja poison gas attack
 * February 9, 1,986 C.E. — February 25, 1,986 C.E. Operation Dawn 8
 * February 11, 1,986 C.E. First Battle of al-Faw
 * December 25, 1,986 C.E. — 27 December 1,986 C.E. Operation Karbala-4
 * January 8, 1,987 C.E. — February 26, 1,987 C.E. Operation Karbala-5
 * Early 1,987 C.E. Operation Karbala-6
 * May 1,987 C.E. Operation Karbala 10
 * May 1,987 C.E. — early June 1,987 C.E. Operation Nasr 4
 * 1,988 C.E. Final stages
 * Mid-March 1,988 C.E. Operation Zafar 7
 * April 17, 1,988 C.E. Second Battle of al-Faw
 * 1,981 C.E. International incidents
 * June 7, 1,981 C.E. Operation Opera
 * August 2, 1,990 C.E. — February 28, 1,991 C.E. Second Persian Gulf War
 * 1,991 C.E. Operation Desert Storm
 * February 15, 1,991 C.E. — February 20, 1,991 C.E. Battle of Wadi al-Batin
 * January 17, 1,991 C.E. — February 23, 1,991 C.E. Gulf War air campaign
 * January 19, 1991 C.E. Package Q Strike
 * February 13, 1991 C.E. 4:30 am (GMT+3) Amiriyah shelter bombing
 * February 24, 1,991 C.E. — February 28, 1,991 C.E. Liberation of Kuwait campaign
 * February 26, 1,991 C.E. — February 27, 1,991 C.E. Battle of 73 Easting
 * February 26, 1,991 C.E. Battle of Phase Line Bullet
 * February 27, 1,991 C.E. Battle of Medina Ridge
 * February 27, 1,991 C.E. Battle for Jalibah Airfield
 * February 27, 1,991 C.E. Battle of Norfolk
 * March 2, 1,991 C.E. Battle of Rumaila
 * March 1, 1,991 C.E. Safwan Airfield Standoff
 * March 1, 1,991 C.E. — April 5, 1,991 C.E. Uprisings in Iraq
 * March 1, 1,991 C.E. — mid-April 1,991 C.E. Uprising in Basra
 * March 5, 1,991 C.E. — March 19, 1,991 C.E. Uprising in Karbala
 * March 5, 1,991 C.E. — April 3, 1,991 C.E. Uprising in Sulaymaniyah
 * March 11, 1,991 C.E. — March 29, 1,991 C.E. Uprising in Kirkuk
 * March 10, 1,991 C.E. — March 24, 1,991 C.E. Uprising in Tuz Khormato
 * 1,991 C.E. — 2,002 C.E. Air engagements of the Post Gulf War
 * September 3, 1,996 C.E. Operation Desert Strike
 * December 16, 1,998 C.E. – December 19, 1,998 C.E. Operation Desert Fox
 * March 20, 2,003 C.E. — December 15, 2,011 C.E. Third Persian Gulf War
 * March 19, 2,003 C.E. — May 1, 2,003 C.E. Invasion of Iraq
 * March 21, 2,003 C.E. — March 25, 2,003 C.E. Battle of Umm Qasr
 * March 20, 2,003 C.E. — March 24, 2,003 C.E. Battle of Al Faw
 * March 21, 2,003 C.E. — April 6, 2,003 C.E. Battle of Basra
 * March 23, 2,003 C.E. — March 29, 2,003 C.E. Battle of Nasiriyah
 * March 24, 2,003 C.E. Attack on Karbala
 * March 24, 2,003 C.E. — April 4, 2,003 C.E. Battle of Najaf
 * March 26, 2,003 C.E. — Operation Northern Delay
 * March 28, 2,003 C.E. — March 30, 2,003 C.E. Operation Viking Hammer
 * March 30, 2,003 C.E. — April 4, 2,003 C.E. Battle of Samawah
 * March 31, 2,003 C.E. — April 6, 2,003 C.E. Battle of Karbala
 * April 2, 2,003 C.E. — April 4, 2,003 C.E. Battle of the Karbala Gap
 * April 3, 2,003 C.E. — April 12, 2,003 C.E. Battle of Baghdad
 * April 6, 2,003 C.E. Battle of Debecka Pass

Coalition Provisional Authority (c. 2003 – c. 2004 CE)

 * 2003 C.E. — 2004 C.E. Post-invasion insurgency
 * March 20, 2003 C.E. — December 7, 2011 C.E. Iraq War in Anbar Province
 * October 26, 2003 C.E. — November 24, 2003 C.E. Ramadan Offensive
 * December 13, 2003 C.E. Operation Red Dawn
 * April 4, 2004 C.E. — June 24, 2004 C.E. Iraq spring fighting
 * April 4, 2004 C.E. — May 1, 2004 C.E. First Battle of Fallujah
 * April 4, 2004 C.E. — May 11, 2008 C.E. Siege of Sadr City
 * April 6, 2004 C.E. — April 10, 2004 Battle of Ramadi
 * April 17, 2004 C.E. Battle of Husaybah
 * August 5, 2004 C.E. — August 27, 2004 Battle of Najaf
 * August 5, 2004 C.E. — August 28, 2004 CIMIC-House
 * October 1, 2004 C.E. — October 3, 2004 Battle of Samarra
 * November 7, 2004 C.E. — December 23, 2004 Second Battle of Fallujah
 * November 8, 2004 C.E. — November 16, 2004 Battle of Mosul

Republic of Iraq (c. 2004 CE – Present)

 * 2,005 C.E. — 2,006 C.E. Post-invasion insurgency
 * May 8, 2,005 C.E. — May 19, 2,005 C.E. Battle of Al Qaim
 * August 1, 2,005 C.E. — August 4, 2,005 C.E. Battle of Haditha
 * September 1, 2,005 C.E. — September 18, 2,005 C.E. Battle of Tal Afar
 * June 17, 2,006 C.E. — November 15, 2,006 C.E. Battle of Ramadi
 * August 28, 2,006 C.E. Battle of Diwaniya
 * February 2,006 C.E. — May 2,008 C.E. Civil war in Iraq
 * September 23, 2,006 C.E. — October 22, 2,006 C.E. Ramadan Offensive
 * September 27, 2,006 C.E. — February 18, 2,007 C.E. Operation Sinbad
 * October 19, 2,006 C.E. — October 20, 2,006 C.E. Battle of Amarah
 * November 15, 2,006 C.E. — November 16, 2,006 C.E. Battle of Turki
 * December 25, 2,006 C.E. — October 1, 2,007 C.E. Diyala campaign
 * January 6, 2,007 C.E. — January 9, 2,007 C.E. Battle of Haifa Street
 * January 20, 2,007 C.E. Karbala provincial headquarters raid
 * January 28, 2,007 C.E. — January 29, 2,007 C.E. Battle of Najaf
 * February 14, 2,007 C.E. — November 24, 2,007 C.E. Operation Imposing Law
 * February 27, 2,007 C.E. — September 3, 2,007 C.E. Siege of U.K. bases in Basra
 * April 6, 2,007 C.E. — April 10, 2,007 C.E. Operation Black Eagle
 * June 16, 2,007 C.E. — August 14, 2007 C.E. Operation Phantom Thunder
 * March 10, 2,007 C.E. — August 19, 2007 C.E. Battle of Baqubah
 * June 30, 2,007 C.E. — July 1, 2007 C.E. Battle of Donkey Island
 * February 15, 2,007 C.E. Operation Shurta Nasir
 * August 27, 2,007 C.E. — August 29, 2,007 C.E. Battle of Karbala
 * January 8, 2,008 C.E. — July 28, 2,008 C.E. Operation Phantom Phoenix
 * January 18, 2,008 C.E. — January 19, 2,008 C.E. Iraqi Day of Ashura fighting
 * January 23, 2,008 C.E. — July 28, 2,008 C.E. Ninawa campaign
 * March 25, 2,008 C.E. — May 15, 2,008 C.E. Iraq spring fighting
 * March 25, 2,008 C.E. — March 31, 2,008 C.E. Battle of Basra
 * April 15, 2,008 C.E. — May 19, 2,008 C.E. Al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq
 * March 15, 2,011 C.E. — ongoing Arab Winter
 * 2,011 C.E. — ongoing Spillover of the Syrian Civil War
 * December 18, 2,011 C.E. — ongoing Iraqi insurgency
 * January 2,014 C.E. — ongoing Iraq crisis
 * August 7, 2,014 C.E. — ongoing Northern Iraq offensive
 * June 16, 2,014 C.E. — ongoing American intervention in Iraq
 * August 3, 2,014 C.E. — August 14, 2,014 C.E. Sinjar massacre