Sources: The Daily Star
Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi arrives in Baghdad, Iraq, for talks with Iraqi authorities on arrangements for the funeral of former supreme leader Ali Khamenei. 2026-06-28
Iraqis vote to elect the 329 members of the Council of Representatives, who will elect the country's president and approve the president's appointment of a prime minister. 2025-11-11
A missile strike hits a convoy near Baghdad International Airport in Iraq, killing Iranian Major general Qasem Soleimani and Popular Mobilization Forces leader Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. 2020-01-2
The Iraqi Parliament votes in favour of a reciprocal travel ban on U.S. citizens if U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order barring citizens of Iraq and six other Muslim-majority countries is not reversed. The Iraqi travel ban will not be implemented while tens of thousands of U.S. soldiers and contractors are involved in the fight against ISIL. 2017-01-30
Turkey refuses to withdraw its forces from northern Iraq despite being given a 48 hour ultimatum by Iraq to leave the country. Turkey says the troops are there as part of an international mission to train and equip Iraqi forces to fight against the Islamic State. The Iraqi government says it never invited such a force, and will take its case to the United Nations if they are not pulled out. 2015-12-7
Eighteen Iraqi military officers and soldiers are killed and more than 30 others injured after an attack in Rutbah, in Iraq's western Anbar province. Among those killed is the commander of the elite Iraqi 7th Division Major General Mohammed al-Karawi, as well as 4 other officers. 2013-12-21
At least 50 are killed and more than 240 injured in a wave of terror attacks across 10 cities in Iraq. 2012-03-20
Turkish warplanes carry out strikes against PKK hideouts in northern Iraq. 2012-02-12
One person is killed and two injured by Iranian artillery shelling near the Iraqi border town of Siydah Khan, near Arbil. 2011-09-5
The man accused of murdering aid worker Margaret Hassan in Iraq in 2004 disappears before his retrial. 2010-07-14