Timeline of the War in Iraq (2015)
This is a timeline of events during the War in Iraq 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]
- January 29 – Battle of Kirkuk (2015) begins.
February
- February 1 – Kurdish forces overcome ISIL militants in the city of Kirkuk.[4]
- February 24 – Multiple bomb attacks around Baghdad kill 37 people and wound dozens.[5]
March
- March 2 – Second Battle of Tikrit begins.[6]
- March 25 – American airstrikes on Tikrit, several Shiite militias go on strike.[citation needed]
April
- April – May: Al-Karmah offensive
- April 1 – After a month of hard fighting, Iranians, Iraqis and Shiite militia overcome ISIL fighters and take Tikrit.[citation needed]
May
- May 15: ISIL seizes control of the main Government building and city centre in Ramadi, the provincial capital of Anbar Province.[citation needed]
- May 20: ISIL captures Ramadi.
June
- June 4: ISIS fighters close Ramadi dam gates, cut off water to loyalist towns[7]
- 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.[8]
July
- July 13: Anbar offensive begins.[9]
- 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.[10][11]
- 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.[12]
September
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.[13]
December
- December 16–17: Nineveh Plains offensive in which hundreds of ISIL fighters mount an attack against Kurdish positions but are repelled.[14]
See also
- 2015 in Iraq
- Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2015
- Timeline of ISIL-related events (2015)
- Timeline of the Iraq War (2014)
- Timeline of the Iraq War (2016)
- Timeline of the Iraq War (2017)
References
- ^ "Suicide attack kills 7 in Iraq". 8 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
- ^ Morris, Loveday (January 22, 2015). "Kurds say they have ejected Islamic State militants from large area in northern Iraq" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
- ^ "Iraq forces 'liberate' Diyala province from IS". Yahoo News. 26 January 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ Salih, Mohammed A. "Kurds struggle to defend oil-rich Kirkuk". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
- ^ "Wave of bombings in Baghdad kills 37 people". Reuters. 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". U.S. 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, archived from the original on August 22, 2015.
- ^ "Battle for Sinjar: IS-held town in Iraq 'liberated'", BBC news, Nov 2015.
- ^ Ryan, Missy; Morris, Loveday (December 17, 2015). "Islamic State offensive in northern Iraq, although repelled, shows group's resilience" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
