Sources: Reuters
The U.S. military launches airstrikes on facilities in Iraq used by Kata'ib Hezbollah and other Iranian-backed militias, in retaliation for Sunday's ballistic missile attack on Al-Asad Airbase, which injured four American soldiers. 2024-01-24
A bomb killed 3 police on the Diwaniyah-Babylon highway, Iraq. 2020-09-8
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
United States President Barack Obama, at the Gulf Cooperation Council Summit in Saudi Arabia, says the United States will continue to deter and confront aggression against Gulf Arab states; joins others in warning the fragile cease-fire in Syria is on the verge of collapse; pledges vigilance about Iran's destabilizing activities in the Middle East; wants Gulf allies to offer more democratic reforms and improve human rights; and, says the U.S. and its Gulf partners should wait to see whether Iraq can resolve its political crisis before committing more financial aid which is impeding the fight against ISIL. 2016-04-21
Bomb and gun attacks across Iraq kill more than 30 people including members of the Iraqi security forces. 2013-07-11
At least five people are killed in separate incidents in Iraq including a suspected al-Qaida leader in Mosul. 2013-04-18
Three roadside bombs detonate in the Iraqi city of Basra, killing at least 19 people and injuring 67. 2011-11-24
An Iraqi soldier opens fire on U.S. troops at a training centre, killing two and injuring another before being killed himself.2011-01-15
Margaret Thatcher, in a rare moment of publicity since her withdrawal from public life, puts her weight and "heavy heart" behind a campaign by Combat Stress for the mental health of ex-servicemen in Afghanistan and Iraq. 2010-03-12