Sources: Reuters
Iraqi prime minister Ali al-Zaidi and the U.S. defense department says that all remaining American troops will withdraw from Iraq by September 30, ending a 23-year presence in the country that started with the 2003 U.S. invasion. 2026-07-14
The Islamic Republic of Iran Navy seizes control of the Marshall Islands-flagged and Greek-operated civilian oil tanker "St Nikolas" in the Gulf of Oman. The tanker had 19 crew members onboard, including 18 Filipinos and one Greek. It was carrying crude oil from Basra, Iraq, to Turkey. 2024-01-11
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
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants execute 19 women in Mosul, Iraq, for refusing to have sex with the group’s fighters.{{cn}}2015-08-7
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 bomb explodes in the town of al-Mayadin in Deir al-Zor province near the Iraqi border killing eight. 2014-06-14
The Iraqi cilivian death toll due to violence has fallen to just under 4,000 in 2010, the lowest since the 2003 invasion of Iraq according to the Iraq Body Count.2010-12-29
A civilian is killed and six people injured in fighting in Iraq's Diyala Governorate. 2010-09-13
13 people are killed during attacks in Iraq: 4 people die in the town of Beiji. 2010-06-30