Iraq War (disambiguation)
The Iraq War began in 2003 and involved a two-phase conflict comprising an initial invasion of Iraq led by US and UK forces and a longer, seven-year phase of occupation and fighting with insurgents.
The conflict was followed by further insurgency, which later escalated in 2014:
- Iraqi insurgency (2011–13), the surge in sectarian violence that occurred immediately following the end of the 2003 to 2011 Iraq War
- Iraqi Civil War (2014–present), an ongoing conflict that began when the initial two year long insurgency escalated in January 2014
- American-led intervention in Iraq (2014–present), a multi-national campaign beginning in June 2014 to rid Iraq of ISIL influence and deliver humanitarian aid to Iraqi minority religious and ethnic groups.
Iraq War may also refer to:
- Mesopotamian campaign (1914–1918)
- Anglo-Iraqi War (1941)
- Iran–Iraq War (September 1980 to August 1988), began when Iraq invaded Iran, and ended almost eight years later in stalemate
- Gulf War (1990–1991)
- Iraqi no-fly zones conflict (1991–2003)
- Operation Desert Fox (1998), a four-day bombing campaign during the Iraq disarmament crisis
See also
- Battle of Baghdad (disambiguation)
- Gulf War (disambiguation)
- Military history of Iraq
- Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–11
- Iraqi Civil War (disambiguation)
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