The Iraq War Hostile_encounter was a protracted armed conflict Hostile_encounter that began Process_start in 2003 with the invasion Attack of Iraq by a United States-led coalition that overthrew Change_of_leadership the government of Saddam Hussein .

The U.S. became Becoming re-involved in 2014 at the head of a new coalition ; the insurgency and many dimensions of the civil armed conflict continue .

The Iraq War began Process_start on 19 March 2003 , when the U.S. , joined Becoming_a_member by the U.K. and several coalition allies , launched Process_start a `` shock and awe '' bombing campaign .

However , the power vacuum following Saddam 's demise and the mismanagement of the occupation led to Causation widespread Dispersal sectarian violence between Shias and Sunnis , as well as a lengthy insurgency against U.S. and coalition forces .

The Bush administration based its rationale for the war principally on the assertion that Iraq , which had been viewed Perception_active by the U.S. as a rogue state since the 1990–1991 Gulf War , supposedly possessed an active weapons of mass destruction ( WMDs ) program , and that the Iraqi government posed Causation a threat to the United States and its coalition allies .

With Henry III 's death Death , the coalition broke up Destroying .

No longer able to tolerate Control the encirclement of two major Habsburg powers on its borders , Catholic France entered Arriving the coalition on the side of the Protestants in order to counter Communication the Habsburgs .

Iran , in contact Connect with the U.S. over the fight Hostile_encounter against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has said Telling that Israel would be at risk if the U.S. and its coalition sought to topple Assad .

Organised Arranging by the Trades Union Congress ( TUC ) , it was a protest march Social_event against planned Arranging public spending cuts Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale by the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition government that was formed Coming_to_be in May 2010 .

since that time , there was significant criticism of the prime minister 's perceived Know insensitivity to the public sentiment , prompting Causation speculation that general sympathy for the protest movement Social_event may cause Causation one or more members of the governing Action coalition to leave GiveUp the government , triggering Causation national elections Choosing .

Earlier , in April 2004 , coalition forces fought Quarreling the First Battle of Fallujah in order to capture Conquering or kill Killing insurgent elements considered responsible for the deaths of a Blackwater Security team .

When coalition forces fought Quarreling into the center of the city , the Iraqi government requested Request that the city 's control be transferred Giving to an Iraqi-run local security force , which then began Process_start stockpiling weapons and building complex defenses across the city through mid-2004 .

The Sunflower Student Movement Social_event is associated Collaboration with a protest movement driven Self_motion by a coalition of students and civic groups that came to Motion a head on March 18 and April 10 2014 , in the Legislative Yuan and , later , also the Executive Yuan of Taiwan .

The Campaign against Dong Zhuo was a punitive expedition initiated Process_start by a coalition of regional officials and warlords against the warlord Dong Zhuo in 190 in the late Eastern Han dynasty .

The members of the coalition claimed Statement that Dong had the intention of usurping Change_of_leadership the throne by holding Defending Emperor Xian hostage and by establishing Creating a strong influence in the imperial court .

The coalition partners of the United States , United Kingdom , and Turkey provided Supply approximately 45 aircraft and more than 1,400 personnel to support Supporting Operation Northern Watch .

On December 28 , 1998 Iraq fired Use_firearm SA-3 surface to air missiles against coalition aircraft patrolling Patrolling the northern no-fly zone .

The U.S.-led coalition sent Sending 177,194 troops into Iraq during the initial invasion phase , which lasted from 19 March to 1 May 2003 .

The coalition forces also received Receiving support Supporting from the Peshmerga in Iraqi Kurdistan .

According to U.S. President George W. Bush and U.K. Prime Minister Tony Blair , the coalition aimed Aiming `` to disarm Removing Iraq of weapons of mass destruction , to end Process_end Saddam Hussein 's support Supporting for terrorism Terrorism , and to free Releasing the Iraqi people . ''

The following day , coalition forces Conquering launched Process_start an incursion Attack into Basra Province from their massing point close to the Iraqi-Kuwaiti border .

The main body of coalition forces continued their drive Motion into the heart of Iraq and met with little resistance Defending .

Most of the Iraqi military was quickly defeated Conquering and the coalition occupied Control Baghdad on 9 April .

Iraqi president Saddam Hussein and the central leadership Supporting went into hiding Escaping as the coalition forces completed Process_end the occupation Control of the country .

2000 coalition and 1000 Iraqi army soldiers disrupted Damaging insurgent operations by capturing Conquering , seizing Conquering , and clearing Emptying caches that support Assistance instability in the area .

The offensive marked Recording an escalation of World War II , both geographically and in the formation of the Allied coalition .

fine gael formed Coming_to_be a coalition government with the labour party Social_event , led by eamon gilmore , who had achieved Achieve their highest number of seats in the party 's history .

It was not solely a contest between a small contingent of Spaniards defeating Conquering the Aztec Empire but rather the creation of a coalition of Spanish invaders with tributaries to the Aztecs , and most especially the Aztecs ' indigenous enemies and rivals .

The Spanish campaign against the Aztec Empire had its final victory on 13 August 1521 , when a coalition army of Spanish forces and native Tlaxcalan warriors led by Cortés and Xicotencatl the Younger captured Conquering the emperor Cuauhtemoc and Tenochtitlan , the capital of the Aztec Empire .

information on castes was included Cause_to_be_included in the census following demands Request from several ruling coalition leaders including lalu prasad yadav , sharad yadav and mulayam singh yadav supported by opposition parties bharatiya janata party , akali dal , shiv sena and anna dravida munnetra kazhagam .

Saudi-led intervention Attack in Yemen also called Name_conferral the Arab coalition ( ) is an invasion Attack that was launched by Saudi Arabia in 2015 , leading a coalition of nine countries from the Middle East and Africa , in response Response to calls Request from the internationally recognized Know pro-Saudi president of Yemen Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi for military support after he was ousted Change_of_leadership by the Houthi movement due Causation to economic and political grievances , and fled Escaping to Saudi Arabia .

Saudi-led intervention Attack in Yemen also called Name_conferral the Arab coalition ( ) is an invasion Attack that was launched by Saudi Arabia in 2015 , leading a coalition of nine countries from the Middle East and Africa , in response Response to calls Request from the internationally recognized Know pro-Saudi president of Yemen Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi for military support after he was ousted Change_of_leadership by the Houthi movement due Causation to economic and political grievances , and fled Escaping to Saudi Arabia .

The Saudi-led coalition has attacked Attack the positions of the Houthi militia , and loyalists of the former President of Yemen , Ali Abdullah Saleh , allegedly supported Supporting by Iran ( see Iran–Saudi Arabia proxy conflict Violence ) .

Djibouti , Eritrea , and Somalia made their airspace , territorial waters , and military bases available to the coalition .

The United States provided Supply intelligence and logistical support Supporting , including aerial refueling and search-and-rescue for downed coalition pilots .

It also accelerated the sale Commerce_sell of weapons to coalition states .

Egyptian army chief General Abdel Fattah el-Sisi led a coalition to remove Removing the President of Egypt , Mohamed Morsi , from power and suspended Change_event_time the Egyptian constitution of 2012 .

The government at the time was a moderate , liberal coalition of Republicans , supported Supporting in the Cortes by communist and socialist parties , under the leadership of centre-left President Manuel Azaña .

As stadtholder of Holland , William was de facto ruler of the Dutch Republic ; the coalition he built Building after 1678 to defend Defending it against French expansion was threatened by an Anglo-French alliance .

the rally Social_event , organised Arranging by the coalition for clean and fair elections Choosing ( bersih ) , was supported Supporting by pakatan rakyat , the coalition Collaboration of the three largest opposition parties in malaysia along with other small political parties like parti sosialis malaysia and social organisations such as malaysian trades union congress , human rights commission of malaysia ( suhakam ) and malaysian bar .

the rally Social_event , organised Arranging by the coalition for clean and fair elections Choosing ( bersih ) , was supported Supporting by pakatan rakyat , the coalition Collaboration of the three largest opposition parties in malaysia along with other small political parties like parti sosialis malaysia and social organisations such as malaysian trades union congress , human rights commission of malaysia ( suhakam ) and malaysian bar .

According to George H. Nash ( 2009 ) the movement comprises Cause_to_be_included a coalition of five distinct impulses .

From the mid-1930s to the 1960s , libertarians , traditionalists , and anti-communists made up this coalition , with the goal Aiming of fighting Defending the liberals ' New Deal .

An estimated 150 Narragansetts were killed Killing , many of them women and children , and the Indian coalition was then taken over Conquering by Narragansett sachem Canonchet .

However , the colonial militia overwhelmed Destroying the Indian coalition and , by the end Process_end of the war , the Wampanoags and their Narragansett allies were almost completely destroyed Destroying .

Out of the 40 seats , 37 are held by the Pakatan Harapan ( PH ) ruling coalition after the 2018 State Election Choosing .

within the coalition , the democratic action party ( dap ) holds 19 seats , the people 's justice party ( pkr ) 14 , the malaysian united indigenous party ( unk ) two and the national trust party ( amanah ) two .

The PH coalition thus commands a supermajority in the legislature .

The Livonian War Hostile_encounter ( 1558–1583 ) was fought Hostile_encounter for control Control of Old Livonia ( in the territory of present-day Estonia and Latvia ) , when the Tsardom of Russia faced Confronting_problem a varying Change coalition Collaboration of Denmark–Norway , the Kingdom of Sweden , and the Union ( later Commonwealth ) of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and the Kingdom of Poland .

The majority of the members of the government were part of the anti-Syrian March 14 Alliance , a coalition Participation of political parties and independents in Lebanon .