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At least 92 people are killed and more than 100 others are injured in a fire at a COVID-19 isolation ward in Nasiriyah, Iraq. The fire started when sparks from faulty wiring spread to an oxygen tank, causing it to explode.
2021-07-12

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

A suicide bomber kills eight people in the centre of Baiji in northern Iraq.
2014-11-11

Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant militants lay siege to Iraq's largest oil refinery, located in Baiji.
2014-06-18

A wave of bombings in the Iraqi capital Baghdad kills 53 people.
2014-02-27

An oil refinery in Baiji, Iraq, is bombed, resulting in its closure.
2011-02-26

Bomb attacks in the Iraqi cities of Karbala, Najaf and Basra kill at least nineteen people and injure scores more.
2010-11-8

Former Foreign Minister of Iraq Tariq Aziz is sentenced to death for persecuting members of the Islamic Dawa Party during Saddam Hussein's regime.
2010-10-26

United States Vice President Joe Biden pays a surprise visit to Iraq.
2010-08-30