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The Iraqi conflict is a series of violent events that began with the 2003 American-led invasion of Iraq and deposition of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein, the most recent of which is the ISIS conflict, in which the Iraqi government declared victory in 2017. [ 4 ] In the ensuing 2003-11 Iraq War, the Multi-National Force (MNF–I) led by the ...
The Iraq War(Arabic: حرب العراق, romanized: ḥarb al-ʿirāq), sometimes called the Second Gulf War,[82][83]was a protracted armed conflict in Iraqfrom 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion of Iraqby the United States-led coalitionthat overthrew the Ba'athist governmentof Saddam Hussein.
The following outline is provided as an overview of, and topical guide to, the Iraq War. Iraq War – a protracted armed conflict in Iraq lasting from 2003 to 2011, which began with the invasion of Iraq by a United States-led coalition that overthrew the Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein. [1][2] The conflict continued for much of the next ...
The Iraq War started with a US-led invasion on 20 March 2003, causing much damage to the capital city, Baghdad. The war and collateral damage continued for years. In October 2003, a joint United Nations / World Bank team conducted an assessment of funding needs for reconstruction in Iraq during the period 2004-2007. [ 2 ]
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. [18][19][20][21][22] In February 2006, the insurgency against the coalition and government escalated ...
The 2003 invasion of Iraq[b] was the first stage of the Iraq War. The invasion began on 20 March 2003 and lasted just over one month, [24] including 26 days of major combat operations, in which a United States-led combined force of troops from the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia and Poland invaded the Republic of Iraq.
Battle of Baghdad (2003) The Battle of Baghdad, also known as the Fall of Baghdad, was a military engagement that took place in Baghdad in early April 2003, as part of the invasion of Iraq. Three weeks into the invasion of Iraq, Coalition Forces Land Component Command elements, led by the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Division, captured Baghdad.
Since the fall of Fallujah in 2004, Ramadi had been the center of the insurgency in Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq, a front group for al-Qaeda in Iraq, had declared the city to be its capital. [8] The city of 500,000, located 110 kilometres (68 mi) west of Baghdad, was a contested territory between US forces and insurgents.