Timeline of the Iraq War (2015)
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This is a timeline of events during the Iraqi Civil War in 2015.
Chronology
January
- January 8 – A suicide bomber targets a police checkpoint in the town of Youssifiyah, killing seven people.[1]
- January 21 - Beginning of the Mosul Offensive in which Peshmerga forces captured large amount of territory surrounding Mosul.[2]
- January 26 – Iraqi forces recapture the entire province of Diyala from Islamic State.[3]
February
- February 24 – Multiple bomb attacks around Baghdad kill 37 people and wound dozens.[4]
March
- March 2 – Second Battle of Tikrit begins.[5]
- March 25 – American airstrikes on Tikrit, several Shiite militias go on strike.
April
- April – May: Al-Karmah offensive (2015)
- April 1 – After a month of hard fighting, Iranians, Iraqis and Shiite militia overcome ISIL fighters and take Tikrit.
May
- May 15: ISIL seizes control of the main Government building and city centre in Ramadi, the provincial capital of Anbar Province.
- May 15 – 20: Battle of Ramadi.
- May 20: ISIL captures Ramadi.
June
- June 4: ISIS fighters close Ramadi dam gates, cut off water to loyalist towns[6]
- June 13: Militants attack government forces near Iraq’s Baiji refinery, killing 11 near the city of Baiji as part of the battle for control of Iraq's biggest refinery.[7]
July
- July 13: Anbar offensive begins.[8]
- July 17: A suicide bomber detonated a car bomb in a marketplace in the city of Khan Bani Saad during Eid al-Fitr celebrations, killing 120–130 people and injuring 130 more. Twenty more people were reported missing after the bombing.[9][10]
- July 23: Turkey begins bombing alleged PKK bases in Northern Iraq.
August
- August 13: 2015 Baghdad market truck bomb
- August 21: ISIS imposes a curfew on Mosul after residents spray anti-ISIS graffiti on several walls.[11]
October
- On October 22, Iraqi Security forces and the Popular Mobilization forces finished recapturing the city of Baiji, Iraq, its oil refinery and the surrounding region.
November
- November 13: Kurdish forces take control of Sinjar from ISIS after it was seized by IS forces in August 2014.[12]
December
December 16–17, Nineveh Plains Offensive in which hundreds of ISIL fighters mount an attack against Kurdish positions but are repelled.[13]
See also
References
- ↑ "Suicide attack kills 7 in Iraq". 8 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/kurds-say-they-have-ejected-islamic-state-from-a-big-area-in-northern-iraq/2015/01/21/ac459372-a1c6-11e4-b146-577832eafcb4_story.html
- ↑ "Iraq forces ’liberate’ Diyala province from IS". Yahoo News. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ↑ "Wave of bombings in Baghdad kills 37 people". 24 February 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015.
- ↑ "Iraq ’seizes districts from IS’ in Tikrit advance". BBC News. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ↑ Alkhshali, Hamdi; Smith-Spark, Laura (4 June 2015). "Iraq: ISIS fighters close Ramadi dam gates". CNN. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ↑ "Militants attack government forces near Iraq’s Baiji refinery". The Daily Star Newspaper. Lebanon. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ↑ "Fallujah Liberation Key to Securing Anbar". US News & World Report. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ↑ Salim, Mustafa (18 July 2015). "At least 130 are dead in Iraq after a massive bomb attack". The Washington Post. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ↑ "Iraq violence: Car bomb kills scores in mainly Shia town". BBC News. Retrieved 23 July 2015.
- ↑ "Isis imposes curfew in Mosul after spread of anti-Caliphate graffiti", Ara news, Aug 2015.
- ↑ "Battle for Sinjar: IS-held town in Iraq 'liberated'", BBC news, Nov 2015.
- ↑ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/islamic-state-offensive-in-northern-iraq-although-repelled-shows-groups-resilience/2015/12/17/752f207c-a4ec-11e5-b53d-972e2751f433_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_isiraq1030p%3Ahomepage%2Fstory
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