Editing History of Iraq (section)

=== Insurgency and war (2011–2017) ===
{{Main|History of Iraq (2011–present)}}
{{Campaignbox Iraq War (2014–present)}}
{{further|Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013)|War in Iraq (2013–2017)|Northern Iraq offensive (June 2014)|Northern Iraq offensive (August 2014)|Battle of Mosul (2016–2017)}}

The [[Withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq (2007–2011)|departure of US troops]] from Iraq in 2011 triggered [[Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013)|a renewed insurgency]] and by a spillover of the [[Syrian civil war]] into Iraq. By 2013, the insurgency escalated into a state renewed [[War in Iraq (2013–2017)|war]], the central [[government of Iraq]] being opposed by various factions, primarily radical Sunni forces.

The [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]]   [[Anbar campaign (2013–14)|invaded Iraq]] in 2013–14 and seized the majority of [[Al Anbar Governorate]],<ref name="auto">{{cite news|title=John Kerry holds talks in Iraq as more cities fall to ISIS militants|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/23/world/meast/iraq-crisis/|agency=CNN|date=23 June 2014|access-date=14 June 2015|archive-date=19 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119055306/http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/23/world/meast/iraq-crisis/|url-status=live}}</ref> including the cities of [[Fallujah]],<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/al-qaeda-linked-militants-capture-fallujah-during-violent-outbreak/|title=Al Qaeda-linked militants capture Fallujah during violent outbreak|publisher=Fox News|date=4 January 2014|access-date=14 June 2015|archive-date=24 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924184811/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/01/04/iraq-army-battles-al-qaeda-linked-militants-to-regain-control-in-key-cities/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Al-Qa'im (town)|Al Qaim]],<ref name="21iraqi">{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/militants-kills-21-leaders-iraq-article-1.1839547|title=Militants kill 21 Iraqi leaders, capture 2 border crossings|work=NY Daily News|date=22 June 2014 |access-date=14 October 2014|archive-date=27 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141227031549/http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/militants-kills-21-leaders-iraq-article-1.1839547|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Abu Ghraib]] and (in May 2015) [[Ramadi]],<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-seizes-ramadi-massacres-reported-as-iraq-considers-sending-in-iranbacked-shia-militias-10257314.html |title=Isis seizes Ramadi |date=18 May 2015 |work=The Independent |access-date=3 December 2017 |archive-date=25 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925193548/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/isis-seizes-ramadi-massacres-reported-as-iraq-considers-sending-in-iranbacked-shia-militias-10257314.html |url-status=live }}</ref> leaving them in control of 90% of Anbar.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.juancole.com/2015/04/shiite-mammoth-taking.html|title=Iraq: Shiite Gov't faces Mammoth Task in taking Sunni al-Anbar from ISIL|work=Informed Comment|date=19 April 2015|access-date=11 June 2015|archive-date=13 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150613144921/http://www.juancole.com/2015/04/shiite-mammoth-taking.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="overruns">{{cite web |url=http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/07/islamic_state_overru.php |title=Islamic State overruns Camp Speicher, routs Iraqi forces |work=Long War Journal |date=19 July 2014 |access-date=14 October 2014 |archive-date=26 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150326164552/http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/07/iraqi_military_says_it_retakes.php |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Tikrit]], [[Mosul]] and most of the Nineveh province, along with parts of Salahuddin, Kirkuk and Diyala provinces, were seized by insurgent forces in the [[Northern Iraq offensive (June 2014)|June 2014 offensive]].<ref>{{cite web |agency=Reuters |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/insurgents-in-iraq-overrun-mosul-provincial-government-headquarters/1933170.html |title=Insurgents in Iraq Overrun Mosul Provincial Government Headquarters |publisher=Voice of America |date=9 June 2014 |access-date=31 July 2014 |archive-date=26 December 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151226071905/http://www.voanews.com/content/insurgents-in-iraq-overrun-mosul-provincial-government-headquarters/1933170.html |url-status=live }} {{cite web|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/news/iraq-city-of-mosul-falls-into-hands-of-isis-jihadists-after-police-army-abandon-posts/|title=Iraqi city of Mosul falls to jihadists|publisher=CBS|date=10 June 2014|access-date=14 June 2015|archive-date=18 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201218212324/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/iraq-city-of-mosul-falls-into-hands-of-isis-jihadists-after-police-army-abandon-posts/|url-status=live}}</ref> ISIL also captured [[Sinjar]] and a number of other towns in the [[Northern Iraq offensive (August 2014)|August 2014 offensive]], but were halted by the [[December 2014 Sinjar offensive|Sinjar offensive]] launched in December 2014 by Kurdish [[Peshmerga]] and [[People's Protection Units|YPG]] forces. The war ended with a government victory in December 2017.<ref name="end of war">{{cite news |last=Mostafa |first=Nehal |date=9 December 2017 |title=Iraq announces end of war against IS, liberation of borders with Syria: Abadi |url=https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/iraq-announces-end-war-liberation-borders-syria-abadi/ |work=Iraqi News |access-date=9 December 2017 |archive-date=9 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209235658/https://www.iraqinews.com/iraq-war/iraq-announces-end-war-liberation-borders-syria-abadi |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:Pre-referendum, pro-Kurdistan, pro-independence rally in Erbil, Kurdistan Region of Iraq 25.jpg|thumb|Pro-independence rally in [[Iraqi Kurdistan]] in 2017. The [[Kurdistan Regional Government]] announced it would respect the Supreme Federal Court's ruling that no Iraqi province is allowed to secede.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-kurds/iraqs-kurdistan-says-to-respect-court-decision-banning-secession-idUSKBN1DE0XD|title=Iraq's Kurdistan says to respect court decision banning secession|date=14 November 2017|work=Reuters}}</ref>]]
On 30 April 2016, [[2015–2016 Iraqi protests|thousands of protesters]] entered the [[Green Zone]] in Baghdad and occupied the [[Council of Representatives of Iraq|Iraqi parliament]] building. This happened after the Iraqi parliament did not approve new government ministers. The protesters included supporters of Shia cleric [[Muqtada Al Sadr]]. Although Iraqi security forces were present, they did not attempt to stop the protesters from entering the parliament building.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afp.com/en/news/15/thousands-protesters-storm-iraq-parliament-green-zone|title=Thousands of protesters storm Iraq parliament green zone|website=AFP|date=16 January 2012|access-date=30 August 2018|archive-date=1 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501095441/https://www.afp.com/en/news/15/thousands-protesters-storm-iraq-parliament-green-zone|url-status=live}}</ref>