Sources: Reuters
Iraqi forces shoot down a drone that attempted to attack the United States' airbase near Baghdad. 2026-03-5
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
A fire at a hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 82 people and injures more than 100 others. 2021-04-24
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
Thousands of Iraqis flee western Mosul as the battle between Iraqi and allied forces and ISIL militants escalates in the densely populated Old City. 2017-03-18
Two militants, one wearing a suicide vest, kill two Saudi Arabian border guards and a general near the border with Iraq. 2015-01-5
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
The United States flag is lowered in Baghdad marking the end of U.S. military operations in Iraq after eight years of the Iraq War. 2011-12-15
A series of bomb blasts in Baghdad, Iraq, kill at least 63 and injure 180. 2010-11-2
Two Ugandans and one Peruvian are killed and 15 others are injured in a bomb in Baghdad, Iraq. 2010-07-22