ISIL switched to guerrilla "hit and run" tactics in an effort to undermine the Iraqi government's effort to eradicate them. On 9 December 2017, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced victory over ISIL, though others warned that they expected ISIL to fight on via an insurgency, and by other means. This war resulted in the forced resignation of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in 2014, as well as a massive airstrike campaign by the United States and at least a dozen other countries, participation of American and Canadian troops (predominantly special forces) in ground combat operations, a $3.5 billion U.S.-led program to rearm the Iraqi Security Forces, a U.S.-led training program that provided training to nearly 200,000 Iraqi soldiers and police, the participation of Iranian troops including armored and air elements, and military and logistical aid provided to Iraq by Russia. At its height, ISIL held 56,000 square kilometers of Iraqi territory, containing 4.5 million citizens. Following December 2013, the insurgency escalated into a full-scale war following the conquest of Ramadi, Fallujah, Mosul, Tikrit and other towns in the major areas of northern Iraq by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. The War in Iraq was an armed conflict between Iraq and its allies and the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL) which began in 2013 and ended in December 2017. Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present).57 killed (44 non-hostile), 58 wounded Ħ7,376 civilians killed (Iraq body count figures) ĥ,625,024 displaced (IOM Iraq figures).Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order: 5,000+.Abu Ahmad al-Alwani † (Former member of Military Council) Ħ00,000 (300,000 Army and 300,000 Police).
Abu Abdulrahman al-Bilawi † (Former Head of Military Council).Abu Muslim al-Turkmani † (Deputy Leader, Iraq).