Sources: Reuters
A group of unknown assailants assassinate prominent Iraqi historian and government advisor Hisham al-Hashimi near his home in Zayouna, Baghdad. No group has claimed responsibility for his killing. 2020-07-6
Iraq's prime minister has demanded the Kurdistan Regional Government "cancel" the outcome of the referendum on independence that it held on Monday. 2017-09-27
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
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant militants lay siege to Iraq's largest oil refinery, located in Baiji. 2014-06-18
A truck bomb detonates in a vegetable market in northeastern Iraq, killing at least 31 people. 2013-11-21
At least 32 people are killed in a car bomb attack targeting Shia Muslims in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. 2012-06-16
Qatar rejects Iraq's demand to hand over fugitive Vice President Tariq Al-Hashemi. 2012-04-3
A series of bombings over the three-day Shia pilgrimage to the mausoleum of Musa Kadhim in Iraq kill at least 70 and wound 300.2010-07-8
13 people are killed during attacks in Iraq: 4 people die in the town of Beiji. 2010-06-30