This is a list of conflicts in Iraq arranged chronologically from ancient to modern times. This list includes any raid, strike, skirmish, siege, sacking, and/or battle (land, naval, and air) that occurred on the territories of what may today be referred to as Iraq; however, in which the conflict itself may have only been part of an operation of a campaign in a theater of a greater war (e.g. any and/or all border, undeclared, colonial, proxy, liberation, global wars, etc.). There may also be periods of violent, civil unrest listed; such as, shootouts, spree killings, massacres, terrorist attacks, coups, assassinations, regicides, riots, rebellions, revolutions, and civil wars (as well as wars of succession and/or independence). The list might also contain episodes of human sacrifice, mass suicide, and ethnic cleansing/genocide.
Ancient times (c. 3300 BCE – c. 651 CE)
Roman-Sassanid Wars
Battle of Ctesiphon
Battle of Satala
Siege of Singara
Siege of Amida
Siege of Pirisabora
Battle of Ctesiphon
Battle of Samarra
Byzantine–Sassanid wars
Anastasian War
Iberian War
Byzantine–Sassanid War
Byzantine–Sassanid War
Muslim conquest of Persia
Battle of River
Battle of Walaja
Battle of Ullais
Battle of Hira
Battle of Ayn al-Tamr
Battle of Muzayyah
Battle of Saniyy
Battle of Zumail
Battle of Firaz
Battle of the Bridge
Battle of al-Qādisiyyah
Siege of Ctesiphon
Battle of Jalula
Medieval times (c. 651 – c. 1517 CE)
Anarchy at Samarra
Buyid-Hamdanid Wars
Battle of Baghdad
Abbasid-Seljuq Wars
Siege of Baghdad
Mongol invasions and conquests
Siege of Baghdad
Modern times (c. 1517 CE – Present)
Ottoman empire (c. 1517 – c. 1917 CE)
Ottoman–Persian Wars
Ottoman–Safavid War
Capture of Baghdad
Ottoman–Safavid War
Capture of Baghdad
Capture of Baghdad
World War I
Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
Mesopotamian campaign
Fao Landing
Battle of Basra
Battle of Qurna
Battle of Shaiba
Battle of Es Sinn
Battle of Ctesiphon
Siege of Kut
Battle of Sheikh Sa'ad
Battle of Wadi
Battle of Hanna
Battle of Dujaila
March 8, 1,917 C.E. — March 11, 1,917 C.E. Fall of Baghdad
February 23, 1,917 C.E. Second Battle of Kut
September 28, 1,917 C.E. — September 29, 1,917 C.E. Battle of Ramadi
March 26, 1,918 C.E. — March 27, 1,918 C.E. Action of Khan Baghdadi
October 23, 1,918 C.E. — October 30, 1,918 C.E. Battle of Sharqat
1,918 C.E. — 2,003 C.E. Iraqi–Kurdish conflict
Occupied Enemy Territory Administration (c. 1917 – c. 1920 CE)
May 1,920 C.E. — October 1,920 C.E. Iraqi revolt against the British
Kingdom of Iraq (c. 1932 – c. 1958 CE)
September 1, 1,939 C.E. — September 2, 1,945 C.E. World War II
June 10, 1,940 C.E. — May 2, 1,945 C.E. Mediterranean and Middle East theatre of World War II May 2, 1,941 C.E. — May 31, 1,941 C.E. Anglo-Iraqi War April 1, 1,941 C.E. Iraq coup 1,918 C.E. — 2,003 C.E. Iraqi–Kurdish conflict November 1,922 C.E. — July 1,924 C.E. Mahmud Barzanji revolts 1,931 C.E. — 1,932 C.E. Ahmed Barzani revolt 1,943 C.E. — October 1,945 C.E. Barzani revolt
Ba'athist Iraq (c. 1968 – c. 2003 CE)