Islamic State invasion of Iraq

When

5 Jun 2014 – 25 Jun 2014

Kind

Military operation

Coordinates

36.34° N, 43.14° E

Description

ISIL military offensive in northern Iraq against Iraqi government (2014)

Islamic State offensive into Iraq in June 2014

In June 2014, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, which had controlled a large portion of Northeastern Syria at that time during the Syrian civil war, launched a widespread offensive in Iraq, capturing a large swath of territory extending all the way from the Iraq–Syria border to the outskirts of the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad.

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• Wikidata: military operations, raids and air strikesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “A Sunni militant group now calling itself the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (also known as ISIS, ISIL or Daesh) begins an offensive through northern Iraq”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Turkish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Irak ve Şam İslam Devleti (IŞİD, IŞİD veya DEAŞ olarak da bilinir) olarak adlandıran Sünni bir militan grup”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page