2014 Northern Iraq offensive
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In June 2014, the Islamic State, which had controlled a large portion of Northeastern Syria at that time during the Syrian civil war, launched a full-scale invasion of Iraq, capturing a large swath of territory extending all the way from the Iraq–Syria border to the outskirts of the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad. The invasion came after months of clashes in Anbar province, where tribal groups, and some extremist factions—which had pledged allegiance to ISIL—had been fighting Iraqi government forces in the cities of Fallujah and Ramadi following a series of anti-government protests. The offensive led to the occupation of 40% of Iraq’s territory by the Islamic State, the collapse of several elements of the then-corrupt Iraqi Army and the genocides and mass killings of various religious groups, such as the Yazidis, Christians and Shia Muslims. This event led to the intervention of Iran and the United States in assisting Iraq in its conflict with the Islamic State, with the latter providing assistance to both Iraqi and Kurdish forces.
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Location: 36.3372, 43.1358, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| event | armed conflict | Battle of Tel Asqaf | battle | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 330 | Battle of Gaugamela | battle, Macedonia, Achaemenid Empire, League of Corinth | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 611 | Battle of Nineveh | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 613 | Fall of Tarbisu | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 627 | Battle of Nineveh | Byzantine Empire, Sasanian Empire, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1096 | Siege of Mosul | siege, Seljuk Empire, Uqaylid dynasty | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1107 | Battle of Mosul | battle, Sultanate of Rum | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1517 | Siege of Mosul | Ottoman Empire, battle, Safavid Iran | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1743 | Siege of Mosul | Ottoman Empire, battle, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1743 | Unknown | Ottoman Empire, Afsharid dynasty, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1745 | Battle of Mosul | Ottoman Empire, battle, Afsharid dynasty | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1959 | 1959 Mosul Uprising | rebellion | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2004 | Battle of Mosul | United States, Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Iraqi security forces, Peshmerga, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2014 | 2014 Northern Iraq offensive | offensive | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2016 | Battle of Mosul | Iraq, battle, Kurdistan Region, Mahdi Army, Iraqi Army, Peshmerga, Iraqi Air Force, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Islamic State, Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq, Badr Organization, Iraqi Police, Haider Al-Abadi, Turkmen Brigades, Nineveh Plain Protection Units, Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, Popular Mobilization Forces, Sinjar Resistance Units, Iraqi Armed Forces | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2016 | Chronology of the Battle to the east of Mosul | offensive | Wikidata |