Sources: BBC
Four Hezbollah members and two other militants are killed by three airstrikes at Syria's border with Iraq. 2023-12-30
A Turkish airstrike at the Makhmour Refugee Camp in northern Iraq kills three people and injures many others. 2021-06-5
Militants fire rockets at Iraqi bases supporting U.S. personnel, nearly hitting the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. 2020-01-4
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
Islamic State releases a video showing the execution of three Kurdish peshmerga fighters in northern Iraq with threats to execute dozens more. 2015-03-20
Iraqi officials claim that ISIL have shot down a military helicopter near Samarra, killing both pilots. 2014-12-13
The United Nations declares its highest state of emergency in Iraq following the advance of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. 2014-08-14
Clashes take place between Syrian troops and rebels near the borders of Iraq and Turkey. 2012-11-11
Turkish warplanes bomb Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) hideouts in the Qandil mountains and the Hakurk region of Iraq, the day after 17 people die in Siirt. 2010-07-2