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This is a list of wars that Iraq has been involved in (as they were locally named where applicable):

Conflict Iraq
and allies
Opponents Results Head of State Prime Minister Iraqi losses
Military Civilians
Great Iraqi Revolution
(1920)
Iraqi rebels  United Kingdom Defeat
Not applicable
6,000–
10,000
2,050–
4,000
Anglo-Iraqi War
(1941)
Kingdom of Iraq Iraq
 Germany
 Italy
 United Kingdom
Iraq Royalists
Jordan Transjordan
 Australia
 New Zealand
 Greece
Defeat
  • Re-installation of Hashemite royal dynasty and pro-British government
Sherif Sharaf
~500
?
Barzani Revolt
(1943–1945)
 Iraq Kurdistan Region Peshmerga Victory
  • Uprising quelled
?
First Arab-Israeli War
(1948–1949)
Egypt Egypt
 Iraq
Jordan Transjordan
Syria Syria
 Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
 Kingdom of Yemen
Holy War Army
Arab League ALA
 Israel Defeat
?
None
Mosul Uprising
(1959)
Iraq Iraq Syria Arab nationalists Government victory
  • Iraq remains outside the UAR
2,426
First Iraqi–Kurdish War
(1961–1970)
Iraq Iraq
 Syria
Kurdistan Region Peshmerga Stalemate
~10,000
?
Six-Day War
(1967)
Syria Egypt
Iraq Syria
 Jordan
Iraq Iraq
 Israel Defeat
10
None
October War
(1973)
 Egypt
 Syria
Iraq
 Jordan
 Algeria
Morocco Morocco
 Saudi Arabia
 Cuba
 Israel Defeat[1]
278
None
Second Iraqi–Kurdish War
(1974–1975)
Iraq Kurdistan Region Peshmerga
 Iran
Victory (except against Iran)[3]
  • Iraq re-established control over Kurdistan
7,000
?
First Sadr Uprising
(1979–1980)
Iraq Sadrists Government victory
  • Uprising suppressed
Thousands
Iran–Iraq War
(1980–1988)
Iraq Iraq
Iran MEK
DRFLA
 Sudan
 Iran
Kurdistan Region Peshmerga
Badr Brigades
Dawa
Hezbollah
Stalemate
105,000–
375,000
~100,000
Second Sudanese Civil War
(1983–?)[4]
 Sudan
Sudan Janjaweed
SSDF
Nuer White Army
SPLA-Nasir
LRA
 Libya
 Iraq
South Sudan SPLA
South Sudan SPDF
SSLM
Anyanya II
Eastern Front
 Uganda
 Ethiopia
 Eritrea
Stalemate
200+[4]
?
Gulf War
(1990–1991)
Iraq  Kuwait
United States
 United Kingdom
 Saudi Arabia
 France
 Canada
 Egypt
 Syria
 Oman
 UAE
 Qatar
 Italy
 Australia
 Argentina
Defeat
20,000–
35,000
3,664
Sha'aban Intifada
(1991)
Iraq
Iran MEK
Badr Brigades
Dawa
Government victory (Southern front)
  • Uprising suppressed
~5,000
80,000–
230,000
Kurdistan Region Peshmerga Defeat (Northern front)
Iraqi Kurdish Civil War
(1995–1996)
Kurdistan Region KDP
Iraq
Kurdistan Region PUK
United States
Stalemate
?
Bombing of Iraq
(1998)
Iraq United States
 United Kingdom
Defeat
  • Much Iraqi infrastructure destroyed
1,400[5]
?
Second Sadr Uprising
(1999)
Iraq Badr Brigades
Dawa
Government victory
  • Uprising suppressed
180+[6]
200+[7]
Iraq War
(2003–2011)
Iraq United States
 United Kingdom
 Australia
 Poland
Peshmerga
Defeat (Phase 1)
7,600–
10,800
Disputed
 Iraq
Iraqi Kurdistan
United States
 United Kingdom
 South Korea
 Italy
 Poland
 Australia
 Georgia
 Ukraine
 Netherlands
 Spain
 Romania
 Bulgaria
 Denmark
Thailand
 Honduras
 El Salvador
 Dominican Republic
 Albania
 Nicaragua
Iraq SCJL
Iraq Naqshbandi Army
Iraq Free Iraqi Army
al-Qaeda
ISI
Ansar al-Islam
File:IAILogo.png IAI
Mahdi Army
Badr Brigades
File:Kata'ib Hezbollah flag.svg Kata'ib Hezbollah
Inconclusive (Phase 2)
17,690
Iraqi Civil War
(2014–2017)
 Iraq
 Iraqi Kurdistan
Sinjar Alliance
Rojava
 Syria
United States
 Canada
 United Kingdom
 France
 Germany
 Australia
 Belgium
 Netherlands
 Denmark
 Turkey
 Jordan
 Morocco
 Iran
Hezbollah
ISIL
Ansar al-Islam
Iraq SCJL
Iraq Naqshbandi Army
Mujahideen Army
Government victory
  • Iraqi territorial integrity preserved
  • ISIL expelled from all strongholds in Iraq[8]
  • ISIL genocides against Yazidis, Shias, and Christians in 2014
34,000+
67,376
Kirkuk Crisis
(2017)
 Iraq  Iraqi Kurdistan Victory
  • Iraq retakes disputed territories
188[9]
(KIA or WIA)
?

References

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    1. ^ References:
    2. ^ Loyola, Mario (7 October 2013). "How We Used to Do It - American diplomacy in the". National Review. p. 1. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
    3. ^ J. Schofield, Militarization and War, p. 122
    4. ^ a b Martell, Peter (2018). First Raise a Flag. London: Hurst & Company. ISBN 978-1849049597.
    5. ^ Rossiter, Mike, Target Basra , Corgi, 2009 ISBN 0552157007 ISBN 978-0552157001, p. 210
    6. ^ al-Khaz'Ali, Shaikh Nouman. Tareekh al-Iraq, pp. 67–72
    7. ^ Dan Murphy (27 April 2004). "Sadr the agitator: like father, like son". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
    8. ^ "With Iraqi-Kurdish Talks Stalled, Phone Diplomacy Averts New Clashes". New York Times.
    9. ^ "استمرار المواجهات العسكرية في كركوك" (in Arabic). Rudaw. 16 October 2017.