Sources: BBC
Ten civilians are killed when a suicide bomber detonates his explosive belt in a crowd of worshippers at a Shia mosque in eastern Baghdad, Iraq. 2019-06-21
France conducts airstrikes against ISIL positions in Iraq from the French aircraft carrier "Charles de Gaulle". 2016-09-30
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announces the start of a military operation to recapture Falluja from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. [http:--www.cbsnews.com-news-iraq-announces-operation-to-retake-isis-held-city-of-fallujah- (CBS News)] [https:--www.bbc.com-news-world-middle-east-36354319 (BBC)]Siege of Fallujah (2016)2016-05-22
U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter said, in testimony before the House Armed Services Committee, the Obama Administration is preparing to establish a new Special Operations task force of about 200 service members in Iraq to intensify pressure on Islamic State commanders and expand U.S. troops’ direct involvement in battling the militant group. There are now about 3,500 U.S. troops in Iraq, including some Special Operations forces who are advising Iraqi forces in northern and central Iraq. 2015-12-1
A car bombing near a bus station in Garmat Ali near the Iraqi city of Basra kills at least 10 people. 2013-03-17
Al Arabiya television reports that three rockets have hit the border area between Kuwait and Iraq. 2011-08-26
United States Vice President Joe Biden pays a surprise visit to Iraq. 2010-08-30
At least six people are killed and seventeen others receive wounds after a car bomb explodes in Tikrit in Iraq. 2010-07-15
Iraq announces the dissolution of state-owned Iraqi Airways over the next three years and the pursuit of private options to avoid asset claims made by Kuwait over their 1990-91 war. 2010-05-26