Sources: Reuters
Iran seizes a foreign tanker, reported to be Iraqi, in the Persian Gulf, according to Iranian state media. The Iranians accuse the tanker of "smuggling fuel for some Arab countries". 2019-08-4
Officials announce the arrests in Iraq of two men suspected of plotting terror attacks for Islamic State in Australia. 2018-04-17
Senior Kurdish and Shi'ite Muslim leaders agree to withdraw from Tuz Khurmato, Iraq, where recent violence has killed more than 10 people. 2016-04-27
Following Austria's and Germany's decision to waive their asylum system rules, approximately 6,500 migrants β mostly from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan β arrive in Vienna. They traveled from Hungary by bus, train or on foot. The migrants were given the opportunity to register in Austria or move on to Germany. 2015-09-5
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 bomb explodes in the town of al-Mayadin in Deir al-Zor province near the Iraqi border killing 8. 2014-06-14
At least 22 people are killed and more than 60 others injured when a suicide bomber blows himself up in a busy election campaign tent in the Iraqi city of Baquba. 2013-04-6
Three roadside bombs detonate in the Iraqi city of Basra, killing at least 19 people and injuring 67. 2011-11-24
At least 6 people are killed and at least 15 others are injured in a suicide attack in Baladruz, Iraq. 2011-04-28
The man accused of murdering aid worker Margaret Hassan in Iraq in 2004 disappears before his retrial. 2010-07-14