This is alist of wars involving the Republic of Iraq and its predecessor states.
| Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Iraqi losses | Head of State | Prime Minister | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Military | Civilians | ||||||
| Mesopotamian Campaign (1914–1918 World War IWWI) | Allied victory | ~89,500 | ~35,500 |  Mehmed VI (Ottoman rule) | Ahmet Tevfik Pasha (Ottoman rule) | ||
| Mahmud Barzanji Revolts (1919–1924) |  Mandatory Iraq RAF Iraq Command Assyrian levies | Kurdish state
| British-Assyrian victory[2][3]
| ? | ? | Before 1920:Sir Percy Cox After 1920:King Faisal I | Before 1920:Sir Percy Cox After 1920:Abd Al-Rahman Al-Gillani |
| Iraqi War of Independence (1920) | Iraqi rebels
| United Kingdom | British victory | 6,000–10,000 | 2,050–4,000 | None | |
| Ikhwan revolt (1927–1930) |  Hejaz and Nejd
|  Ikhwan | Allied victory | 2,000 killed in total | Faisal I of Iraq | Faisal bin Sultan | |
| Yazidi Revolt (1935) | Kingdom of Iraq | Yazidi tribes | Revolts suppressed
| ? | ? | Ghazi of Iraq | Ali Jawdat al-Ayyubi |
| Iraqi Shia Revolts (1935–1936) | Kingdom of Iraq | Iraqi Shia tribesmen Ikha Party | Revolts suppressed | ~500 | |||
| Iraqi Coup D'état (1941) | Iraq | Golden Square | Golden Square victory
| ? | Faisal II of Iraq | Taha al-Hashimi | |
| Anglo-Iraqi War (1941 WWII) | Iraq (Golden Square) Military support:  Germany Italy Vichy France[8] | United Kingdom
| Allied victory
| ~500 | ? | Sherif Sharaf | Rashid Ali al-Gaylani |
| Barzani Revolt (1943–1945) | Kingdom of Iraq | Barzani tribesmen AlliedKurdish tribes | Iraqi victory
| ? | Faisal II of Iraq | Nuri al-Said | |
| Al-Wathbah Uprising (1948) | Iraqi Police | Student Cooperation Committee (communists) Progressive Democrats Populists | Victory
| 300–400 | Mohammad Hassan al-Sadr | ||
| First Arab–Israeli War (1948–1949) | Defeat
| ? | None | Muzahim al-Pachachi | |||
| 14 July Revolution (1958) |  Arab FederationSupported by: |  Free Officers
| Free Officers Victory
| ~100 | Nuri al-Said | ||
| Mosul Uprising (1959) | Iraqi Government |  Arab nationalists
 United Arab Republic[20][21][22] United States[23]
| Attempted coup fails
| 2,426 | Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i | Abd al-Karim Qasim | |
| First Iraqi–Kurdish War (1961–1970) | Before 1968: Iraq Syria (1963)Supported by: United States (from1963)[24][25]After 1968: Ba'athist Iraq |  KDPYazidis[26] Assyrians Supported by:  Iran[27] IsraelUnited States (alleged)[27] | Military stalemate[28]
| ~10,000 | ? | ||
| Ramadan Revolution (1963) | Iraqi Government |  Iraqi Ba'ath Party
United States[32][33] | Iraqi Ba'athist victory
| 100 | |||
| Ar-Rashid Revolt (1963) | Iraqi Government |  Iraqi Communist PartyIraqi Army | Coup attempt defeated
| 1+ | Abdul Salam Arif | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr | |
| November coup d'état (1963) | Ba'athists | Nasserists | Nasserist victory
| 250 | |||
| Six-Day War (1967) | EgyptSyria JordanIraq[34]Minor involvement:  Lebanon[35] | Israel | Defeat
| 10 | None | Abdul Rahman Arif | Abdul Rahman Arif |
| 17 July Revolution | Iraqi Government | Iraqi Ba'ath PartyIraqi Armed Forces Supported by: | Ba’ath victory
| Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr | ||
| Yom Kippur War (1973) | Israel | Defeat[45]
| 278 | None | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr | |
| Second Iraqi–Kurdish War (1974–1975) | Iraq Supported by:  Soviet Union[47] | KDP Yazidis[48] IranSupported by: | Iraqi victory[51]
| 7,000 | ? | ||
| Arvand Conflict (1974–1975) | Iraq | IranKDP | Iranian victory[52]
| Saddam Hussein | Saddam Hussein | ||
| Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988) | Iraq
|  Iran | Inconclusive[f] | 105,000 375,000 | ~100,000 | ||
| Invasion of Kuwait (1990) | Iraqi Republic |  State of Kuwait | Iraqi victory
| 295+ | None | ||
| Gulf War (1990–1991) | Iraq |
| Coalition victory
| 20,000–35,000 | 3,664 | ||
| 1991 Iraqi uprisings (1991) |  GovernmentSupport: | Shia andleftist elements ofopposition:
| Iraqi government military victory (Southern Front)
| ~5,000 | 80,000–230,000 | ||
| Kurdish rebels: Diplomatic Support: | Government Military Victory (Northern Front)
| ||||||
| Iraqi Kurdish Civil War (1995–1996) | KDP Supported by: Iraq(from 1995) Turkey(from 1997)Iran(before 1995) |  PUK PKK[81] SCIRIKCP Iraqi National Congress Supported by: Iran(from 1995)SyriaUnited States(1996) | Washington Agreement
| ? | |||
| Bombing of Iraq (1998) | Iraq |  United States | Coalition military success[82] Politically inconclusive[82]
| 1,400[83](KIA or WIA) | ? | ||
| Second Sadr Uprising (1999) | Iraq |  Rebels: | Iraqi government victory
| 40+ | 200+[86] | ||
| Iraq War (2003–2011) | Invasion (2003) | Invasion (2003) Coalition of the willing  Kurdistan Region Iraqi National Congress | Defeat (Phase 1)
| 7,600–10,800 | 151,000–1,033,000+ | ||
After invasion (2003–11) Iraq United States United Kingdom MNF–I (2003–09) Kurdistan Region Awakening Council | After invasion (2003–11) Al-Qaeda in Iraq Islamic Army in Iraq Islamic State of Iraq Mahdi ArmyNaqshbandi Army Hamas of Iraq Jaysh al-Mujahideen1920 Revolution Brigades Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna | Government victory (Phase 2)
| 17,690 | Jalal Talabani | Nouri al-Maliki | ||
| War in Iraq (2013–17) | Allied groups:
Others:
|  Islamic State
| Iraqi and allied victory[103] | 25,000+ | 67,000+ | Fuad Masum | Haider al-Abadi |
| 2017 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict (2017) | Iraq Supported by: Iran[63] | Kurdistan Regional Government PKK[104] PDKI[105] PAK[106] White Flags (alleged)[107] | Iraqi victory
| None | None | ||
| Iraqi Insurgency (2017–present) | Supported by: Iran
Supported by: | Islamic StateWhite Flags (2017–2018) | Ongoing as ahit-and-run campaign | 2,254+ | None | ||
| Iraqi intervention in the Syrian Civil War (2017–2019) |  ISIL | Victory
| None | None | Barham Salih | Adil Abdul-Mahdi | |
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