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Belgian authorities arrest an Iraqi al-Qaeda member and charge him with murder, terrorism, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, for his role in the killings of at least 376 people and the injuring of over 2,300 others more than a decade ago in Iraq.
2023-05-5

Iraq restricts direct flights to Belarus amid the migrant crisis in at the Belarus–Poland border.
2021-11-12

In Iraq, Prime Minister Adil Abdul Mahdi agrees to resign after weeks of anti-government protests.
2019-10-31

Several universities and schools shut down as many students join the protests across Iraq. Thousands continue to participate in spite of the violent crackdowns from the previous days.
2019-10-27

Thirty-one pilgrims are killed and 100 others are injured in a stampede in the city of Karbala, Iraq, while marking Ashura.
2019-09-10

ISIS claims responsibility for the deaths of two Syrian refugee activists who fled to Sanliurfa, Turkey, raising concerns about the group’s reach in countries outside of Syria and Iraq. Ibrahim Abdel Qader, a founder of Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently, and Fares Hammadi are said to have been killed by an acquaintance posing as a defector from ISIS.
2015-11-3

Turkey has killed around 260 members of the Kurdistan Workers Party in recent bombing campaigns in Turkey and northern Iraq. Officially the operation was started to attack ISIL but over 90% of attacks were against the PKK.
2015-08-1

At least 25 people are killed and 40 wounded in a truck bombing in the market place of the Iraqi city of Diwaniyah.
2012-07-3

Syrian forces mass in the east of the country near the Iraqi border where dozens of soldiers have defected.
2011-07-17

Iran hangs two members of the People's Mujahedin of Iran convicted of involvement in the post-election riots after the presidential election in June 2009 and of visiting a training base in Iraq, in the latest series of executions that has seen an unprecedented 64 people executed in 24 days.
2011-01-24