Sources: Daily Star
The Syrian Democratic Forces and the Syrian government extend their ceasefire by 15 days to facilitate the United States-backed transfer of Islamic State detainees from Syria to Iraq. 2026-01-24
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launches ballistic missiles at Erbil, the capital of Iraq's Kurdistan Region, killing nine civilians and injuring 32 others. The Iraqi Foreign Ministry says that it will summon the Iranian ambassador in response to the attacks. 2022-09-29
Iraq announces the executions of seven terror convicts in Dhi Qar, saying the men, all citizens of Iraq, were hanged yesterday. 2018-09-11
A suicide bomber injures six Iraqi soldiers near Ramadi, Anbar. The soldiers were combing a building hit by a separate bombing yesterday that killed five and injured seven including a politician. 2018-04-8
The United States announces it will be sending 560 more United States Armed Forces soldiers to Iraq to help fight against ISIL. 2016-07-11
The United Nations reports a mortar attack on a camp for displaced Iraqis south of Baghdad kills three people, including two children, and injures 13 others, two critically. 2016-07-5
Russia says it would consider extending its air-strikes against Islamic State militants in Syria to Iraq if it receives such a request from the Iraqi government. Iraqi President, Fuad Masum has recently said he would welcome this assistance. 2015-10-6
275 United States Military personnel are deployed to Iraq to provide extra protection for the American embassy in Baghdad. 2014-06-17
15 people die in a suicide bomb attack targeting a Shia mosque in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. 2013-07-5