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This is a timeline of events during the War in Iraq in 2015.
February 1 – Kurdish forces overcome ISIL militants in the city of Kirkuk.[ 4]
February 24 – Multiple bomb attacks around Baghdad kill 37 people and wound dozens.[ 5]
May 15: ISIL seizes control of the main Government building and city centre in Ramadi, the provincial capital of Anbar Province.[citation needed ]
May 20: ISIL captures Ramadi .
June 4: ISIS fighters close Ramadi dam gates, cut off water to loyalist towns[ 7]
June 13: Militants attack government forces near Iraq's Baiji refinery, killing 11 near the city of Baiji as part of the battle for control of Iraq's biggest refinery.[ 8]
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On October 22, Iraqi Security forces and the Popular Mobilization forces finished recapturing the city of Baiji, Iraq , its oil refinery and the surrounding region.
^ "Suicide attack kills 7 in Iraq" . 8 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015 .
^ Morris, Loveday (January 22, 2015). "Kurds say they have ejected Islamic State militants from large area in northern Iraq" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
^ "Iraq forces 'liberate' Diyala province from IS" . Yahoo News . 26 January 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2015 .
^ Salih, Mohammed A. "Kurds struggle to defend oil-rich Kirkuk" . www.aljazeera.com . Retrieved 2021-04-26 .
^ "Wave of bombings in Baghdad kills 37 people" . Reuters . 24 February 2015. Retrieved 24 February 2015 .
^ "Iraq 'seizes districts from IS' in Tikrit advance" . BBC News . Retrieved 18 July 2015 .
^ Alkhshali, Hamdi; Smith-Spark, Laura (4 June 2015). "Iraq: ISIS fighters close Ramadi dam gates" . CNN . Retrieved 18 July 2015 .
^ "Militants attack government forces near Iraq's Baiji refinery" . The Daily Star Newspaper . Lebanon. Retrieved 18 July 2015 .
^ "Fallujah Liberation Key to Securing Anbar" . U.S. News & World Report . Retrieved 23 July 2015 .
^ Salim, Mustafa (18 July 2015). "At least 130 are dead in Iraq after a massive bomb attack" . The Washington Post . Retrieved 23 July 2015 .
^ "Iraq violence: Car bomb kills scores in mainly Shia town" . BBC News . Retrieved 23 July 2015 .
^ "Isis imposes curfew in Mosul after spread of anti-Caliphate graffiti" , Ara news , Aug 2015, archived from the original on August 22, 2015 .
^ "Battle for Sinjar: IS-held town in Iraq 'liberated' " , BBC news , Nov 2015 .
^ Ryan, Missy; Morris, Loveday (December 17, 2015). "Islamic State offensive in northern Iraq, although repelled, shows group's resilience" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
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