Sources: TRT
Iraqi politician Safaa Al Mashhadani, a candidate for the upcoming parliamentary elections, is assassinated by a bomb attached to his vehicle in Al-Tarmia District. The perpetrators are unknown. 2025-10-15
Thirty-one pilgrims are killed and 100 others are injured in a stampede in the city of Karbala, Iraq, while marking Ashura. 2019-09-10
Iraqi authorities are searching for 10 grams of iridium-192, a radioactive material stolen from a Weatherford International oilfield services facility near Basra in November 2015. Authorities are concerned about its potential use by Islamic State, or the like, to develop a dirty bomb weapon. 2016-02-17
Islamic State militants counter-attack in Iraq's Saladin province and seize locations west, north and south of Baiji, home to Iraq's largest oil refinery. In addition, the militants attack oilfields west of Tikrit, capture parts of the town of Seiniyah, portions of Mak'houl Mountain, and an abandoned fertilizer plant. 2015-11-22
Iraqi forces expel ISIS from the refinery town of Baiji in northern Iraq. 2014-11-14
After more than 18 months of requests, Turkey comes under heavy international pressure to secure its borders to the influx of foreign fighters, oil, and weapons crossing into Syria to fight for ISIS. ISIS fighters have been moving towards the Turkey-Syria border using armored cars looted from Iraqi military bases. 2014-08-24
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant militants lay siege to Iraq's largest oil refinery, located in Baiji. 2014-06-18
A mortar attack on an Iranian dissident camp in Iraq kills 2 people and wounds 27 others 2013-06-15
At least 35 people are killed and 28 others are wounded during two explosions in Taji, Iraq. 2011-07-5
An oil refinery in Baiji, Iraq, is bombed, resulting in its closure. 2011-02-26