Sources: Reuters
Two tankers carrying Iraqi oil and gas, Marshall Islands-flagged "Safesea Vishnu" and Malta-flagged "Zefyros", catch fire after being struck in Iraqi territorial waters off Khor Al Zubair Port and near the Al-Faw port area. An Indian member of the first crew is killed in the attack. 2026-03-11
The United States embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, is attacked with four rockets. Iraqi prime minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani orders the security forces to pursue the perpetrators of the "terrorist act". 2026-03-7
The United Nations General Assembly elects former Iraqi president Barham Salih as the next High Commissioner for Refugees, succeeding Filippo Grandi, whose term ends December 31. 2025-12-18
Seven Kurdistan Workers' Party militants are killed in Kurdistan Region, Iraq, by two Turkish drone strikes. 2023-08-24
At least 10 members of the Popular Mobilization Forces are killed by ISIL militants in attacks in the town of Mekeeshfa and the city of Balad. Iraq and the paramilitary forces' official media report that scores of others were wounded. 2020-05-2
The delegation from Saudi Arabia departed from the meeting of the Arab League, offended by remarks of the Foreign Minister of Iraq, Ibrahim al-Jaafari, an indication of increasing tension among Arab states. 2016-03-11
Eight people are killed and 25 are injured in a suicide bomb attack on a cafe in Balad north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. 2013-08-12
A report states that Dzhokhar has told detectives he was motivated by wanting to defend Islam because of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. 2013-05-1
An oil refinery in Baiji, Iraq, is bombed, resulting in its closure. 2011-02-26