Conflict | Combatant 1 | Combatant 2 | Results | Iraqi losses | Head of State | Prime Minister |
Military | Civilians |
Mesopotamian Campaign (1914–1918 WWI) | Ottoman Empire | United Kingdom | Defeat | ~89,500 | ~35,500 | Mehmed VI (Ottoman rule) | Ahmet Tevfik Pasha (Ottoman rule) |
Mahmud Barzanji Revolts (1919–1924) | United Kingdom | Kingdom of Kurdistan Kurdish Tribesmen | Government victory | ? | ? | Before 1920: Sir Percy Cox (British High Commissioner) After 1920: King Faisal I | Before 1920: Sir Percy Cox (British High Commissioner) After 1920: Abd Al-Rahman Al-Gillani |
Iraqi War of Independence (1920) | Iraqi Rebels | United Kingdom | Iraqi Political Victory | 6,000–10,000 | 2,050–4,000 | None |
Ikhwan revolt (1927-1930) | United Kingdom | Ikhwan | Coalition Victory | 2,000 killed in total | Faisal I of Iraq | Faisal bin Sultan |
Yazidi Revolt (1935) | Kingdom of Iraq | Yazidi Tribesmen | Government victory | ? | ? | Ghazi of Iraq | Ali Jawdat al-Ayyubi |
Iraqi Shia Revolts (1935–1936) | Kingdom of Iraq | Shia Tribesmen | Government victory | ~500 |
Iraqi Coup D'état (1941) | Kingdom of Iraq | Golden Square Rebels | Golden Square Victory | ? | Faisal II of Iraq | Taha al-Hashimi |
Anglo-Iraqi War (1941 WWII) | Kingdom of Iraq (Golden Square) Germany Italy | United Kingdom India Iraq Levies Royalists Transjordan Australia New Zealand Greece | Defeat - Re-installation of Hashemite royal dynasty and pro-British government
| ~500 | ? | Sherif Sharaf | Rashid Ali al-Gaylani |
Barzani Revolt (1943–1945) | Kingdom of Iraq | Barzani Kurds | Government victory | ? | Faisal II of Iraq | Nuri al-Said |
Al-Wathbah Uprising (1948) | Kingdom of Iraq | Communists | Government victory | 300–400 | Mohammad Hassan al-Sadr |
First Arab–Israeli War (1948–1949) | Egypt Kingdom of Iraq Transjordan Syria Lebanon Saudi Arabia Kingdom of Yemen HWA ALA | Israel | Defeat | ? | None | Muzahim al-Pachachi |
14 July Revolution (1958) | Hashemite Arab Federation Support: Hashemite Arab Federation | Free Officers | Free Officers Victory | ~100 | Nuri al-Said |
Mosul Uprising (1959) | Iraqi Republic | Arab Nationalists | Government victory | 2,426 | Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i | Abd al-Karim Qasim |
First Iraqi–Kurdish War (1961–1970) | Iraqi Republic Syria → Syria | KDP | Stalemate | ~10,000 | ? |
Ramadan Revolution (1963) | Iraqi Republic | Arab Nationalists | Ba'athist Victory | 100 |
Ar-Rashid Revolt (1963) | Iraqi Republic | Communists | Government victory | 1+ | Abdul Salam Arif | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr |
November coup d'état (1963) | Iraqi Republic | Nasserists | Nasserist victory | 250 |
Six-Day War (1967) | United Arab Republic Syria Jordan Iraqi Republic Lebanon | Israel | Defeat | 10 | None | Abdul Rahman Arif | Abdul Rahman Arif |
October War (1973) | Egypt Syria Ba'athist Iraq Jordan Algeria Morocco Saudi Arabia Cuba | Israel | Defeat[1] | 278 | None | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr | Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr |
Second Iraqi–Kurdish War (1974–1975) | Ba'athist Iraq | KDP Iran | Government victory[3] - Iraq re-established control over Kurdistan
| 7,000 | ? |
Arvand Conflict (1974–1975) | Iraq | Iran | Defeat | | | Saddam Hussein | Saddam Hussein |
Iran–Iraq War (1980–1988) | Iraq MEK DRFLA Sudan | Iran KDP PUK Badr Brigades | Stalemate | 105,000 375,000 | ~100,000 |
Invasion of Kuwait (1990) | Iraq | Kuwait | Victory | 295+ | None |
Gulf War (1990–1991) | → Iraq | Kuwait United States United Kingdom Saudi Arabia France Canada Egypt Syria Oman United Arab Emirates Qatar Italy Australia | Defeat - Iraqi withdrawal from Kuwait; Emir Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah restored
- Heavy casualties and destruction of Iraqi and Kuwaiti infrastructure
| 20,000–35,000 | 3,664 |
1991 Iraqi uprisings (1991) | Iraq MEK | Badr Brigades Dawa | Government victory (Southern Front) | ~5,000 | 80,000–230,000 |
KDP PUK | Government Military Victory (Northern Front) |
Iraqi Kurdish Civil War (1995–1996) | KDP Iraq KDPI | PUK United States | Stalemate | ? |
Bombing of Iraq (1998) | Iraq | United States United Kingdom | Defeat - Much Iraqi military infrastructure destroyed
| 1,400[4](KIA or WIA) | ? |
Second Sadr Uprising (1999) | Iraq | Badr Brigades Dawa | Government victory | 40+ | 200+[5] |
Iraq War (2003–2011) | Iraq | United States United Kingdom Australia Poland Peshmerga | Defeat (Phase 1) | 7,600–10,800 | 151,000–1,033,000+ |
→ Iraq Peshmerga MNF–I | SCJL Naqshbandi Army Free Iraqi Army al-Qaeda ISI Ansar al-Islam IAI Mahdi Army Badr Brigades Kata'ib Hezbollah | Government victory (Phase 2) | 17,690 | Jalal Talabani | Nouri al-Maliki |
Second Iraqi Civil War (2013–2017) | Iraq Peshmerga Sinjar Alliance CJTF–OIR Iran Hezbollah | ISIL Ansar al-Islam SCJL Naqshbandi Army Mujahideen Army | Government victory - Iraqi territorial integrity preserved
- ISIL expelled from all strongholds in Iraq[6]
- ISIL genocides against Yazidis, Shias, and Christians in 2014
| 25,000+ | 67,000+ | Fuad Masum | Haider al-Abadi |
2017 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict (2017) | Iraq | Peshmerga | Victory - Iraq defeats Peshmerga and retakes disputed territories
| None | None |
Iraqi Insurgency (2017–present) | Iraq | Naqshbandi Army ISIL | Ongoing | 2,254+ | None |
Iraqi intervention in the Syrian Civil War (2017–2019) | | ISIL | Victory - ISIL loses remaining territory in Syria
| None | None | Barham Salih | Adil Abdul-Mahdi |