Iranian intervention in Iraq (2014–present)
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The Iranian intervention in Iraq has its roots in the post-2003 invasion of Iraq by the United States and its allies, when the infrastructure of the Iraqi armed forces, as well as intelligence, were disbanded in a process called "de-Ba'athification" which allowed militias with close ties to Tehran to join the newly reconstituted army.
Iranian intervention in Iraq (2014–present) | |||||||
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Part of international military intervention against the Islamic State, War in Iraq (2013–2017), IS insurgency in Iraq (2017–present) | |||||||
Territorial control (as of September 5, 2018) of Iraq, ISIL (gray), Iraqi Government (red), Rebel forces (green), Kurdish forces (yellow), Turkish forces (blue)[dubious – discuss] | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Hezbollah Iraq Iraqi Kurdistan[1] al-Hashd al-Shaabi: Badr Organization[2] Muqawimun[3] Peace Brigades[4] Kata'ib al-Imam Ali[5] Islamic Resistance: Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq[2] Kata'ib Hezbollah[6] Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada[7] Sunni tribal militias: Christian militias: Kataib Rouh Allah Isa Ibn Mariam[10] |
Naqshbandi Army[11] | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Izzat Ibrahim ad-Douri † Salah Al-Mukhtar | |||||||
Units involved | |||||||
Iranian Armed Forces | Military of ISIL | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
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Around 100,000 fighters (according to Kurdish Chief of Staff.)[19] At least a few hundred tanks[20] 3 drones[21][22][23] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
Hezbollah:
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The intervention reached its peak following the advance of the Islamic State into northern Iraq in mid-2014. Iran began to provide military aid to counter the militant advance. Iran provided technical advisers to the Iraqi government and weapons to the Kurdish Peshmerga. Several sources, among them Reuters, believe that since mid-June 2014, Iranian combat troops are in Iraq, which Iran denies.
The Iraqi Shia militias Kata'ib Hezbollah ("Hezbollah Brigades") and Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq ("League of the Righteous"), funded and trained by Iran, fought alongside the Iraqi Army and Peshmerga in retaking territory from ISIL.