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The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI; Arabic: دولة العراق الإسلامية Dawlat al-ʿIrāq al-ʾIslāmiyyah) was a Salafi jihadist militant organization that fought the forces of the U.S.-led coalition during the Iraqi insurgency.
The Islamic State insurgency in Iraq is an ongoing low-intensity insurgency that began in 2017 after the Islamic State (IS) lost its territorial control in the War in Iraq, during which IS and allied White Flags fought the Iraqi military (largely backed by the United States, United Kingdom and other countries conducting airstrikes against IS ...
31 August: 2024 Anbar raid: In an operation conducted by the US special forces along with Iraqi security forces in western Iraq killed about 15 ISIS militants armed with grenades and explosive belts, the operation also led to the injury of 7 US personnel. [9] In August 2024, 9 civilians, 6 Iraqi security personnel and 15 ISIS militants were killed.
8 March 2020 - Two American soldiers were "killed by enemy forces while advising and accompanying Iraqi Security Forces during a mission to eliminate an IS terrorist stronghold in a mountainous area of north central Iraq", according to the U.S.-led coalition in Baghdad.
April 7, 2021 - Iraq announces that it has killed 34 ISIS militants and arrested 99 during a 3-month long operation against the terrorist group around the country. [ 38 ] 60 ISIS militants were also killed in a 10-day long operation near the town of Makhmur in northern Iraq.
He killed himself on 15 October 2022 by detonating a suicide vest during an operation carried out by former Free Syrian Army rebels which had aligned with government forces in Daraa province. [8] [9] [10] 4 Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi. أبو الحسن القرشي (19??-2023) 30 November 2022 29 April 2023 150 days
April 16 – Two PMF fighters were killed after IS militants attacked their positions in al-Eith region of Salah ad-Din province. [17]April 20 – Three PMF fighters were killed in an IS attacked a security post in Qara-Tappa, Diyala, with sniper and small arms fire.
21 October 2019 - IS attacked an Iraqi security checkpoint in the Allas oilfields area in northern Salahuddin province, killing 2 and wounding 3 security members. [11]30 October 2019 - Rockets were fired into the Green Zone in Baghdad near the US embassy amid mass protests against the Iraqi government, an Iraqi soldier was reportedly killed by the rocket fire.