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The Iraqi civil war was an armed conflict from 2006 to 2008 between various sectarian Shia and Sunni armed groups, such as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Mahdi Army, in addition to the Iraqi government alongside American-led coalition forces.
Occupation of Iraq (2003–2011) Iraqi civil war (2006–2008), a civil war between Sunni and Shia militias including the Iraqi government and Al-Qaeda in Iraq (now known as ISIL) Islamic Army–Al-Qaeda conflict; Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013), an escalation of insurgent and sectarian violence after the U.S. withdrew; War in Iraq (2013–2017 ...
Despite these far-reaching efforts to gain support among different sects, sectarian tensions kept rising, mainly due to the Iran-Iraq War. Estimates suggest that around 250,000 Iraqis died during the war. [37] These casualties on both Sunni and Shi'ite sides further enhanced rivalry among the different ethnic and religious groups. [38]
Following the U.S.-launched 2003 invasion of Iraq, the situation deteriorated, and by 2007, the intercommunal violence between Iraqi Sunni and Shi'a factions was described by the National Intelligence Estimate as having elements of a civil war. [16]
2003–2011: Iraq War. 2003: American-led invasion; 2003–2011: Occupation of Iraq; 2003–2011: Iraqi insurgency. 2003–2006 phase; 2006–2008 civil war; 2007–2011: American withdrawal; 2011–2013: Iraqi insurgency. 2012–2013 protests; 2013–2017: Renewed full-scale war in Iraq. 2014–2021: American-led intervention; 2017–present ...
Baghdad has a dark history with Syria-based Sunni fighters, thousands of whom crossed into Iraq after the 2003 U.S. invasion and fuelled years of sectarian killing before returning again in 2013 ...
In combination with a car bombing that killed 7 U.S. Marines and 3 Iraqi soldiers nine miles north of Fallujah, as well as an increase in IED attacks by Sunni insurgents in Baghdad, the total U.S. death toll for the Iraq war passed 1,000 on September 7, 2004.
The Battle of Baghdad began in February 2006 and continued until May 2008, for control of the capital city of Iraq. A combined force of Iraqi security forces and the allies including the U.S. Army fought against insurgents to retain control of the city during the sectarian civil war that engulfed the country in 2006. [6] [7] [8]