Timeline of the War in Iraq (2015)

This is a timeline of events during the War in Iraq in 2015.

January

 * January 8 – A suicide bomber targets a police checkpoint in the town of Youssifiyah, killing seven people.
 * January 21 - Beginning of the Mosul Offensive in which Peshmerga forces captured large amount of territory surrounding Mosul.
 * January 26 – Iraqi forces recapture the entire province of Diyala from Islamic State.
 * January 29 – Battle of Kirkuk (2015) begins.

February

 * February 1 – Kurdish forces overcome ISIL militants in the city of Kirkuk.
 * February 24 – Multiple bomb attacks around Baghdad kill 37 people and wound dozens.

March

 * March 2 – Second Battle of Tikrit begins.
 * March 25 – American airstrikes on Tikrit, several Shiite militias go on strike.

April

 * April – May: Al-Karmah offensive
 * April 1 – After a month of hard fighting, Iranians, Iraqis and Shiite militia overcome ISIL fighters and take Tikrit.

May

 * May 15: ISIL seizes control of the main Government building and city centre in Ramadi, the provincial capital of Anbar Province.
 * May 20: ISIL captures Ramadi.

June

 * June 4: ISIS fighters close Ramadi dam gates, cut off water to loyalist towns
 * 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.

July

 * July 13: Anbar offensive begins.
 * 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.
 * July 23: Turkey begins bombing alleged PKK bases in Northern Iraq.

August

 * August 13: 2015 Baghdad market truck bombing
 * August 21: ISIS imposes a curfew on Mosul after residents spray anti-ISIS graffiti on several walls.

October

 * On October 22, Iraqi Security forces and the Popular Mobilization forces finished recapturing the city of Baiji, Iraq, its oil refinery and the surrounding region.

November

 * November 13: Kurdish forces take control of Sinjar from ISIS after it was seized by IS forces in August 2014.

December

 * December 16–17: Nineveh Plains offensive in which hundreds of ISIL fighters mount an attack against Kurdish positions but are repelled.