Not a civil war, but war against ISIS. Everyone was involved. Wiki: As of December 2017, ISIL was estimated to control no territory in Iraq, and 5% of Syrian territory, after prolonged actions.[114] On 9 December 2017, Iraq declared victory in the fight against ISIL and stated that the War in Iraq was over.[115][116] On 23 March 2019, ISIL was defeated territorially in Syria after losing the Battle of Baghuz Fawqani, after which the group was forced into an insurgency.[117] ISIL’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, died during a US special operations raid in northern Syria in October 2019[118] and was succeeded by Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi. The United Nations estimated in August 2020 that over 10,000 ISIL fighters remained in Syria and Iraq, mainly as sleeper cells.
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Good footage, but not really the “first clashes”. The insurgency never really ended post-2008, things basically kept deteriorating especially after Syria imploded and the 2012 protests became dramatically violent.
![Iraqi Civil War, first clashes between Iraqi Army And ISIS, Iraqi national tv [2014-1-2]](https://www.byteseu.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/emQ1d21iOWplMW1kMXgY-es4oyiYm_OTzTz58OLeJDlYBWwho7UeWZ9OJZ7a.png "Iraqi Civil War, first clashes between Iraqi Army And ISIS, Iraqi national tv [2014-1-2]")
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Not a civil war, but war against ISIS. Everyone was involved. Wiki: As of December 2017, ISIL was estimated to control no territory in Iraq, and 5% of Syrian territory, after prolonged actions.[114] On 9 December 2017, Iraq declared victory in the fight against ISIL and stated that the War in Iraq was over.[115][116] On 23 March 2019, ISIL was defeated territorially in Syria after losing the Battle of Baghuz Fawqani, after which the group was forced into an insurgency.[117] ISIL’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, died during a US special operations raid in northern Syria in October 2019[118] and was succeeded by Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi. The United Nations estimated in August 2020 that over 10,000 ISIL fighters remained in Syria and Iraq, mainly as sleeper cells.
Good footage, but not really the “first clashes”. The insurgency never really ended post-2008, things basically kept deteriorating especially after Syria imploded and the 2012 protests became dramatically violent.