Timeline of the Iraq War (2015)

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

Chronology

January

• January 8 – A suicide bomber targets a police checkpoint in the town of Youssifiyah, killing seven people.^[1]
• January 21 - Beginning of the Mosul Offensive in which Peshmerga forces captured large amount of territory surrounding Mosul.^[2]
• January 26 – Iraqi forces recapture the entire province of Diyala from Islamic State.^[3]

February

• February 24 – Multiple bomb attacks around Baghdad kill 37 people and wound dozens.^[4]

March

• March 2 – Second Battle of Tikrit begins.^[5]
• March 25 – American airstrikes on Tikrit, several Shiite militias go on strike.

April

• April – May: Al-Karmah offensive (2015)
• 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 15 – 20: Battle of Ramadi.
• May 20: ISIL captures Ramadi.

June

• June 4: ISIS fighters close Ramadi dam gates, cut off water to loyalist towns^[6]
• 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.^[7]

July

• July 13: Anbar offensive begins.^[8]
• 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.^[9][10]
• 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.^[11]

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.^[12]

December

December 16–17, Nineveh Plains offensive in which hundreds of ISIL fighters mount an attack against Kurdish positions but are repelled.^[13]

See also

• Timeline of the Iraq War (2016)
• Timeline of the Iraq War (2014)
• Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2015

References

1. "Suicide attack kills 7 in Iraq". 8 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
2. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/kurds-say-they-have-ejected-islamic-state-from-a-big-area-in-northern-iraq/2015/01/21/ac459372-a1c6-11e4-b146-577832eafcb4_story.html
3. "Iraq forces ’liberate’ Diyala province from IS". Yahoo News. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
4. "Wave of bombings in Baghdad kills 37 people". 24 February 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
5. "Iraq ’seizes districts from IS’ in Tikrit advance". BBC News. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
6. Alkhshali, Hamdi; Smith-Spark, Laura (4 June 2015). "Iraq: ISIS fighters close Ramadi dam gates". CNN. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
7. "Militants attack government forces near Iraq’s Baiji refinery". The Daily Star Newspaper. Lebanon. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
8. "Fallujah Liberation Key to Securing Anbar". US News & World Report. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
9. Salim, Mustafa (18 July 2015). "At least 130 are dead in Iraq after a massive bomb attack". The Washington Post. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
10. "Iraq violence: Car bomb kills scores in mainly Shia town". BBC News. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
11. "Isis imposes curfew in Mosul after spread of anti-Caliphate graffiti", Ara news, Aug 2015.
12. "Battle for Sinjar: IS-held town in Iraq 'liberated'", BBC news, Nov 2015.
13. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/islamic-state-offensive-in-northern-iraq-although-repelled-shows-groups-resilience/2015/12/17/752f207c-a4ec-11e5-b53d-972e2751f433_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_isiraq1030p%3Ahomepage%2Fstory