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) |
Iraq Germany Italy |
United Kingdom Royalists Transjordan Australia New Zealand Greece |
Defeat
- Re-installation of Hashemite royal dynasty and pro-British government
|
Sherif Sharaf |
Rashid Ali al-Gaylani |
~500 |
? |
Barzani Revolt (1943–1945) |
Iraq |
Peshmerga |
Victory
|
Faisal II of Iraq |
Nuri al-Said |
? |
First Arab-Israeli War (1948–1949) |
Egypt Iraq Transjordan Syria Lebanon Saudi Arabia Yemen Holy War Army ALA |
Israel |
Defeat
|
Muzahim al-Pachachi |
? |
None |
Mosul Uprising (1959) |
Iraq |
Arab nationalists |
Government victory
- Iraq remains outside the UAR
|
Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i |
Abd al-Karim Qasim |
2,426 |
First Iraqi–Kurdish War (1961–1970) |
Iraq Syria |
Peshmerga |
Stalemate
|
~10,000 |
? |
Six-Day War (1967) |
Egypt Syria Jordan Iraq |
Israel |
Defeat
|
Abdul Rahman Arif |
Abdul Rahman Arif |
10 |
None |
October War (1973) |
Egypt Syria Iraq Jordan Algeria Morocco Saudi Arabia Cuba |
Israel |
Defeat[1]
|
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr |
Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr |
278 |
None |
Second Iraqi–Kurdish War (1974–1975) |
Iraq |
Peshmerga Iran |
Victory (except against Iran)[3]
- Iraq re-established control over Kurdistan
|
7,000 |
? |
First Sadr Uprising (1979–1980) |
Iraq |
Sadrists |
Government victory
|
Saddam Hussein |
Saddam Hussein |
Thousands |
Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988) |
Iraq MEK DRFLA Sudan |
Iran Peshmerga Badr Brigades Dawa Hezbollah |
Stalemate
|
105,000– 375,000 |
~100,000 |
Second Sudanese Civil War (1983–?)[4] |
Sudan Janjaweed SSDF Nuer White Army SPLA-Nasir LRA Libya Iraq |
SPLA 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 MEK |
Badr Brigades Dawa |
Government victory (Southern front)
|
~5,000 |
80,000– 230,000 |
Peshmerga |
Defeat (Northern front)
|
Iraqi Kurdish Civil War (1995–1996) |
KDP Iraq |
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
|
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 |
SCJL Naqshbandi Army Free Iraqi Army al-Qaeda ISI Ansar al-Islam File:IAILogo.png IAI Mahdi Army Badr Brigades Kata'ib Hezbollah |
Inconclusive (Phase 2)
|
Jalal Talabani |
Nouri al-Maliki |
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 SCJL 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
|
Fuad Masum |
Haider al-Abadi |
34,000+ |
67,376 |
Kirkuk Crisis (2017) |
Iraq |
Iraqi Kurdistan |
Victory
- Iraq retakes disputed territories
|
188[9] (KIA or WIA) |
? |