Iraq–United States relations

The Iraq War, also referred to as the Second Gulf War, was a protracted armed conflict in Iraq from 2003 to 2011. It began with the invasion by a United States–led coalition, which resulted in the overthrow of the Ba'athist government of Saddam Hussein. During the US occupation of Iraq, the conflict persisted as an insurgency that arose against coalition forces and the newly established Iraqi government. US forces were officially withdrawn in 2011. In 2014, the US became re-engaged in Iraq, leading a new coalition under Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, as the conflict evolved into the ongoing Islamic State insurgency.

The Iran–Iraq War began with the Iraqi invasion of Iran in September 1980. After eight years of conflict, both countries accepted a ceasefire deal brokered by the United Nations, which became effective in August 1988. The war caused around 500,000 deaths, making it the deadliest conventional war ever fought between regular armies of developing countries.

2003 military invasion led by the United States

Iraqi journalist (born 1979)

group of countries identified collectively as enemies by U.S. President George W. Bush during the 2000s

2020 US drone strike in Baghdad, Iraq

United States Executive Order limiting refugees from Muslim-majority countries

anti-American political slogan

US government’s list of countries alleged to repeatedly support international terrorism

series of air-to-ground attacks by a team of two Apache helicopters in Al-Amin al-Thaniyah

no-fly zones in Iraq proclaimed by the USA, UK and France between 1991–2003

military command during much of the Iraq War

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storming of the United States embassy in Baghdad, beginning starting on 31 December 2019

diplomatic relations between the Republic of Iraq and the United States of America

1992–2003 U.S. military operation in southern Iraq

15 January 2024 missile strikes in Iraq and Syria

United States military deployment on Iraqi territory after US led invasion in 2003

ongoing military conflict in Middle East

former Iraqi military group

1980 Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate

United States embassy in Iraq

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military aerial bombing in Iraq

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28 January 2024 attack on a US military outpost in Jordan

1991 Western protection to Iraqi Kurds

Missile attacks on Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

2019 war event against Iraqi group Kata'ib Hezbollah

multi-faceted civil war in Iraq between 2006 and 2008

rocket attack on the K-1 Air Base in Kirkuk province in Iraq

missile attacks on Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq

2017 executive order by U.S. President Trump placing travel restrictions on several countries

Incident of mass poisoning in Iraq in 1971

Massacre committed by US troops in Iraq, 2006

ban by U.S. President Trump

early 2000s diplomatic crisis

US military action against Syria village

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law designed to encourage the USA to remove Saddam Hussein from office

information alleging connections between Saddam Hussein and al-Qaeda

1991–2003 overview of the events leading to the Iraq War

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CIA activities

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2007 military operation in Iraqi Kurdistan

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