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Timeline of the Iraq War (2015)

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This is a timeline of events during the Iraqi Civil War in 2015.

Contents

January

  • January 8 – A suicide bomber targets a police checkpoint in the town of Youssifiyah, killing seven people.
  • January 21 - Beginning of the Mosul Offensive in which Peshmerga forces captured large amount of territory surrounding Mosul.
  • January 26 – Iraqi forces recapture the entire province of Diyala from Islamic State.

    • February

  • February 24 – Multiple bomb attacks around Baghdad kill 37 people and wound dozens.

    • March

  • March 2 – Second Battle of Tikrit begins.
  • 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
  • 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.

    • July

  • July 13: Anbar offensive begins.
  • 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.
  • July 23: Turkey begins bombing alleged PKK bases in Northern Iraq.

    • August

  • August 13: 2015 Baghdad market truck bombing
  • August 21: ISIS imposes a curfew on Mosul after residents spray anti-ISIS graffiti on several walls.

    • 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.

    • December

    December 16–17, Nineveh Plains offensive in which hundreds of ISIL fighters mount an attack against Kurdish positions but are repelled.

    References

    Timeline of the Iraq War (2015) Wikipedia
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