Sources: TRT
The United States Air Force carries out strikes using F-15E Strike Eagle jets and drones in Iraq and Syria in retaliation for the death of an American civil contractor in a rocket attack on K-1 Air Base in Kirkuk Governorate. The strikes were targeted at the Iranian-backed Kata'ib Hezbollah militia group. A spokesman for Kata'ib Hezbollah, says 19 of its fighters were killed and 35 injured in the American strikes, while vowing to respond. 2019-12-29
Seven people are killed and more than 30 are injured during a rally in Basra, Iraq after security forces opened fire. 2018-09-4
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
Saudi Arabia deploys 30,000 soldiers to its border with Iraq after Iraqi government forces withdrew from the area. 2014-07-3
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant militants lay siege to Iraq's largest oil refinery, located in Baiji. 2014-06-18
At least 35 people killed, 70 injured in bomb attacks in Baghdad and Anbar Province of Iraq. 2014-05-27
A suicide truck bomber detonates at a police station in Kirkuk Governorate, Iraq killing eight policemen. 2014-04-13
A suicide car bomber kills 42 people at a police checkpoint in Hillah, Iraq. 2014-03-9
An oil refinery in Baiji, Iraq, is bombed, resulting in its closure. 2011-02-26