List of armed groups in the War in Iraq (2013–2017)

This article is a list of armed groups involved in the War in Iraq (2013–2017). Part of the Iraqi conflict, the war escalated in 2013, following a 2011–2013 insurgency and the rise of the Islamic State. Following the liberation of much of Islamic State-held territory in 2017, only a low-level insurgency continued after. The Islamic State had a major involvement during the war, until it was militarily defeated in Iraq by Iraqi and western coalition forces in December 2017. Baathist supporters and some Sunni groups also fought against the Government of Iraq and its allies. The Peshmerga fought against the Islamic State and other forces during the war; though not against the government, and they did not join the Iraqi forces.

Territorial control of the Iraqi Government or allies (red) and the Kurdistan Regional Government (yellow) as of 2018

Territory of the Islamic State (red) in Iraq and Syria in mid-2014

War in Iraq (2013–2017)

Republic of Iraq and allies	Iraqi Kurdistan and allies	Islamic State and allies
Iraqi government forces Iraqi Armed Forces Iraqi Ground Forces 1st Division^[1] 2nd Division (2014)^[2] 8th Division^[3] 9th Division^[1] 15th Division^[1] 16th Division^[1] Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service Iraqi Special Operations Forces Iraqi Air Force Iraqi Navy Federal Police^[1] Allied armed groups: Iraqi Turkmen Front Mosul Battalions Liwa Abu al-Fadhal al-Abbas^[4] Free Mosul Movement^[5] Martyrs of Salahuddin^[6] Hezbollah^[7] Iraqi Communist Party^{[citation needed]} Mukhtar Army al-Jiburi tribe militias Nineveh Guards^[8]^[9] (formally National Mobilization)^[10] Assyrian Forces Nineveh Plain Protection Units^[11] Qaraqosh Protection Committee Babylon Brigades^[12] Kataib Rouh Allah Issa Ibn Miriam Popular Mobilization Forces Badr Organization Liwa al-Imam Muhammad al-Jawad^[13] Liwa Karbala^[13] Tashkil al-Karar^[13] The Turkmen Brigade Northern Front^[13] Quwat al-Shaheed al-Qa'id Abu Muntadhar al-Muhammadawi^[13] Tashkil Malik al-Ashtar^[13] Kata'ib Hezbollah Saraya al-Dafa al-Shaabi^[14] Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas Forces Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba Quwwat Sahl Ninawa^[15] Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada Peace Companies Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq Quwat Liwa al-Shaheed al-Qa'id Abu Mousa al-Amiri^[13] Turkmen Brigades^[16] 16th Brigade Bashir Regiment Sayyid al-Shuhada 52nd Brigade Taza Regiment 92nd Brigade Talafar Regiment Brigade of Imam Hussein Saraya al-Jihad^[17] Kata'ib al-Imam Ali Quwat al-Shaheed al-Sadr (ar) Kata'ib al-Fatah al-Mubin Al-Qa'im Regiment Abbas al-Qitaliyah Division^[18] Imam Ali Fighting Division Kata'ib Jund al-Imam Liwa al-Muntadhar Saraya Ashura Liwa Ali al-Akbar Liwa al-Tafuf Saraya al-Khorasani Liwa al-Taff Quwat al-Shaheed al-Sadr al-Awal (ar) Saraya Ansar al-Aqeeda Kata'ib Ansar al-Hujja Kata'ib al-Tayyar al-Risali Quwat Waad Allah Liwa Ansar al-Marja'iyya Liwa Hashd Shuhada Kirkuk Fursan al-Jubur Jaysh al-Mu'ammal Liwa'a Zulfiqar^[19] Tribal Mobilization (ar) Hamza Battalions^[20] CJTF–OIR United States Canada Australia Italy^[21] Spain Netherlands United Kingdom British Armed Forces Royal Air Force^[22] Jordan^[23] Belgium Turkey Denmark (until 2016) Morocco (until 2016) Iran (2014–17) Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran Islamic Republic of Iran Army Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force^[24] IRGC Air Force Basij^[25] Pakistan (2015–17)^[26] Pakistani Army Special Services Group ISI Inter-Services Intelligence Syria (2013–14) Syrian Armed Forces Syrian Arab Air Force^[27] Syrian Arab Army^[28] Supported by: Iran^[29] Russia^[30] China^[31] Belarus^[32]	Iraqi Kurdistan Peshmerga KDP-Peshmerga PUK-Peshmerga^[18] Rojava Peshmerga Êzîdxan Protection Force^[33]^[34] Kaka'i Battalion^[35]^[36] Asayîş CJTF–OIR United States Canada Australia France Italy^[21] Netherlands United Kingdom Jordan Belgium Turkey Denmark (until 2016) Morocco (until 2016) Allied armed groups: Kurdistan Communities Union Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK)^[37]^[38] People's Defence Forces Free Women's Units Democratic Federation of Northern Syria People's Protection Units^[39] Syriac Military Council Women's Protection Units^[39] Kurdistan Free Life Party (PJAK)^[40] Eastern Kurdistan Units (YRK) Women's Defence Forces (HPJ) Sinjar Alliance^[33] Sinjar Resistance Units Êzîdxan Women's Units Asayîşa Êzîdxanê^[41]^[42] Special Forces of Êzîdxan (YTÊ)^[43] Kurdistan Freedom Party (PAK) Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan (PDKI)^[44] Kurdistan Socialist Democratic Party (PSDK)^[18] Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Turkey (MLKP)^[45] Ninewa Falcons Battalion^[46] Assyrian Forces Dwekh Nawsha^[47] Nineveh Plain Forces^[48] Tiger Guards^[49]^[50] Further support: Albania^[51] Czech Republic^[52] Estonia^[53] Finland^[54] Germany^[55] Iran^[56] Russia^[57]	Islamic State Military of the Islamic State Naqshbandi Army (2013–2015) White Flags (2017)

Notes

Ba'athist loyalists and allied Sunni militias mostly attack the Iraqi Army, although there has been a history of fighting with IS dating back to the previous war.^[23]
Fighting between Iraqi government and Kurdish forces broke out in October 2017.^[58] Prior to this, the two had worked together against IS, however fighting between Kurdish forces and Turkmen groups in the PMF had occurred sporadically since 2015.^[59]
Coalition forces support both the Iraq government and Kurdish forces against IS, but are not involved in their conflict with one another and have urged for peaceful resolution.^[60]
Turkey supported Kurdish forces against IS until 2017, but have since voiced support for Iraqi forces in their fight against the Kurds.^[61]
The MCIR reportedly has a truce agreement with the Kurdish Regional Government not to target Kurdish territory, in return for the Regional Government's non-interference in the Council creating an autonomous area outside of the control of the current Iraqi government.^[62]

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