Sources: TRT
Iraqi and local officials say a senior Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander and three others have been killed in a drone strike near the Iraq–Syria border. The identity of the commander and who conducted the airstrike is currently unknown. 2020-11-30
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
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
Following Austria's and Germany's decision to waive their asylum system rules, approximately 6,500 migrants – mostly from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan – arrive in Vienna. They traveled from Hungary by bus, train or on foot. The migrants were given the opportunity to register in Austria or move on to Germany. 2015-09-5
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
At least eight people are killed and several are missing after a restaurant boat sinks in the Tigris, in central Baghdad, Iraq. 2013-02-28
Turkish warplanes carry out strikes against PKK hideouts in northern Iraq. 2012-02-12
An oil refinery in Baiji, Iraq, is bombed, resulting in its closure. 2011-02-26