The invasion led to Causation the collapse of the Ba'athist government ; Saddam was captured Conquering during Operation Red Dawn in December of that same year and executed by a military court three years later .

Israel systematically refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act to comment on alleged targeting Aiming of Hezbollah and Ba'athist Syrian targets in Syrian territory .

The second battle was the bloodiest battle of the entire Iraq War , and is notable for being the first major engagement of the Iraq War fought Hostile_encounter solely against insurgents rather than the forces of the former Ba'athist Iraqi government , which was deposed Change_of_leadership in 2003 .

The Syrian Ba'athist government granted Giving the UN 's request Request on 25 August , and inspectors visited Traveling and investigated Research Moadamiyah in Western Ghouta the next day and Zamalka and Ein Tarma in Eastern Ghouta on 28 and 29 August .

Several countries including France , the United Kingdom and the United States debated Quarreling whether to intervene militarily against Syrian Ba'athist government forces Military_operation .

The First Battle of Tikrit was a battle Hostile_encounter for the Iraqi city of Tikrit following the city 's capture Conquering by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ( ISIL ) and Ba'athist Loyalists during the 2014 Northern Iraq offensive .