List of armed groups in the War in Iraq (2014-2017)

This article is a list of armed groups involved in the War in Iraq (2014-2017). The war started in 2014, following the 2011–2013 insurgency, and ended in 2017 although it continued as a low-level insurgency. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) had a major involvement during the war, until it was militarily defeated in Iraq in December 2017. Baathist supporters and some Sunni groups have fought against the Government of Iraq and its allies. The Peshmerga fought against ISIL and other forces during the war; though not against the government, they did not join the Iraqi forces. There are ongoing negotiations related to the future of Iraqi Kurdistan, internal and external conflicts, and the security of the country and the region.

War in Iraq (2014–2017)

Republic of Iraq and allies Russia–Syria–Iran–Iraq coalition	Iraqi Kurdistan and allies	Iraqi Opposition Sunni Iraqi insurgents and allies	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 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 Mukhtar Army al-Jiburi tribe militias Nineveh Guards[8][9] (formally National Mobilization)[10] Assyrian Forces Nineveh Plain Protection Units[11] Qaraqosh Protection Committee Popular Mobilization Forces Badr Organization Liwa al-Imam Muhammad al-Jawad[12] Liwa Karbala[12] Tashkil al-Karar[12] The Turkmen Brigade Northern Front[12] Quwat al-Shaheed al-Qa'id Abu Muntadhar al-Muhammadawi[12] Tashkil Malik al-Ashtar[12] Kata'ib Hezbollah Saraya al-Dafa al-Shaabi[13] Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas Forces Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba Quwwat Sahl Ninawa[14] Kata'ib Sayyid al-Shuhada Peace Companies Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq Quwat Liwa al-Shaheed al-Qa'id Abu Mousa al-Amiri[12] Turkmen Brigades[15] 16th Brigade Bashir Regiment Sayyid al-Shuhada 52nd Brigade Taza Regiment 92nd Brigade Talafar Regiment Brigade of Imam Hussein Babylon Brigades[16] Saraya al-Jihad[17] Kata'ib al-Imam Ali Kataib Rouh Allah Issa Ibn Miriam Quwat al-Shaheed al-Sadr (ar) Kata'ib al-Fatah al-Mubin Ali the Great Brigade 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 (ar) Liwa al-Taff Quwat al-Shaheed al-Sadr al-Awal (ar) Saraya Ansar al-Aqeeda (ar) 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  Kuwait  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 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  Kuwait  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]	Ba'ath Party Loyalists GMCIR[58][59] 1920 Revolution Brigade Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order Al-Awda Jaysh Muhammad Sunni jihadist insurgents: Al-Qaeda Ansar al-Islam faction Political Council for the Iraqi Resistance Islamic Army in Iraq Fallujah Military Council Iraqi Hamas[23] Islamic Front for the Iraqi Resistance Jaish al-Mujahideen[23] Jihad and Reform Front Jaish al-Rashideen Free Iraqi Army (2014) Council of Revolutionaries of the Tribes of Anbar Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna faction[60] Jabhat al-Murabiteen[61] Army of Pride and Dignity[62] Sunna Rebel Battalions[63]	Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Military of ISIL Ansar al-Islam White Flags (since 2017)

Military situation in Iraq as of September 5, 2018.

  Controlled by the Iraqi Government and/or Shi'ite militias

  Controlled by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant and allies

  Controlled by the Kurdistan Regional Government and allies

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.[64] 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.[65]
• 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.[66]
• Turkey supported Kurdish forces against IS until 2017, but have since voiced support for Iraqi forces in their fight against the Kurds.[67]
• 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.[68]

See also

• List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War
• List of armed groups in the Libyan Civil War
• List of armed groups in the Yemeni Civil War
• List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War spillover in Lebanon
• Combatants of the Iraq War

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