Sources: Tehran Times
Archaeologists discover 40 ancient tombs dating back to at least 2,300 years ago at the Mosul Dam reservoir in Dohuk Governorate in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, following lowered water levels from a drought. 2025-08-30
Iraqi politicians from both parliamentary blocs in the Council of Representatives of Iraq demand the withdrawal of U.S. forces from the country, following U.S. President Donald Trump's unannounced visit to troops stationed at Al Asad Airbase. An extraordinary session to debate the matter is planned. 2018-12-27
Health officials state that the Iraqi city of Basra has recorded 17,000 infection cases due to water contamination. A cholera outbreak is feared as salinity rates continue to increase in the unprocessed water. 2018-08-28
Iraqi security forces fire tear gas and water cannon on protesters attempting to storm the Green Zone in Baghdad, injuring at least 33. 2016-05-20
The Russian Air Force destroys around 500 fuel tanker vehicles used by ISIS and other extremist groups for transporting illegal oil from Syria to Iraq. 2015-11-18
Kurdish Peshmerga forces discover a mass grave believed to contain the remains of more than 70 members of Iraq's Yazidi minority, mostly women, east of the recently liberated town of Sinjar. 2015-11-14
A truck bomb detonates in a vegetable market in northeastern Iraq, killing at least 31 people. 2013-11-21
At least 33 people are killed and dozens more are injured in bombings in Baghdad, Kirkuk and Samarra in Iraq's worst violence in weeks. 2012-04-19
Three roadside bombs detonate in the Iraqi city of Basra, killing at least 19 people and injuring 67. 2011-11-24
Six people, including an Iraqi Interior Ministry official and four members of a leading political bloc, die in multiple explosions throughout Baghdad apparently targeting members of former prime Minister Ayad Allawi's al-Iraqiya political coalition; four were killed in a roadside bomb and three others were wounded. 2010-10-14