Sources: BBC
A U.S. drone strike in Baghdad, Iraq, kills four Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba militants, including senior leader Mushtaq Talib Al-Saeedi. 2024-01-4
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York orders American handicraft chain Hobby Lobby to forfeit a 3,600-year-old tablet containing a portion of the "Epic of Gilgamesh" to the federal government, after the company illegally purchased it in a private auction in 2014. The Justice Department had been looking to claim the tablet since 2013, as it was suspected to have been stolen from an Iraqi archeological site in the aftermath of the 1991 Gulf War, so it could be repatriated back to Iraq. 2021-07-27
U.S. President Joe Biden announces that U.S. combat forces will leave Iraq by the end of the year, although some troops will remain to "train and advise" the Iraqi military. 2021-07-26
After more than 18 months of requests, Turkey comes under heavy international pressure to secure its borders to the influx of foreign fighters, oil, and weapons crossing into Syria to fight for ISIS. ISIS fighters have been moving towards the Turkey-Syria border using armored cars looted from Iraqi military bases. 2014-08-24
A terrorist attack on a news complex in Tikrit, Iraq kills 5 people. 2013-12-23
Two roadside bombs explode in the Iraqi city of Baqubah killing 14 and wounding 26 people. 2013-08-14
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari says that Iraq is "delighted" by the news, noting that thousands of Iraqis had died "because of his ideologies". 2011-05-2
Iraq is poised to sign $12b gas deal with Shell Oil Company. 2011-02-7
At least 22 people are killed and at least 53 others are injured after a car bomb explodes at a market in Al Khalis, Diyala in Iraq. 2010-05-21
Two inspection teams from Iraq's ministry of human rights enter a "secret prison" in Baghdad where "serious legal violations" are said to have occurred. 2010-04-20