Sources: Reuters
The pro-government Popular Mobilization Forces militia takes control of the mostly destroyed ancient city of Hatra in Iraq's Nineveh Governorate, following clashes with ISIL, who seized the ruins in 2014. 2017-04-26
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
Bombs targeting two Sunni mosques in Baghdad, Iraq, kill seven people. 2013-09-27
Turkey's military confirms it has carried out strikes on Kurdish rebel targets inside Iraq. 2012-06-20
A series of bomb attacks around the Iraqi capital of Baghdad kills at least 18 people, including 7 policemen. 2011-05-22
13 people are killed during attacks in Iraq: 4 people die in the town of Beiji. 2010-06-30
Margaret Thatcher, in a rare moment of publicity since her withdrawal from public life, puts her weight and "heavy heart" behind a campaign by Combat Stress for the mental health of ex-servicemen in Afghanistan and Iraq. 2010-03-12