Sources: The Daily Star
Iraqi president Nizar Amidi names Ali al-Zaidi as prime minister-designate from the Coordination Framework, after two other contenders, former prime minister Nouri al-Maliki and the incumbent Mohammed Shia' al-Sudani, withdrew their candidacies. 2026-04-27
The U.S. embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, is hit by a missile from an unknown origin. 2026-03-14
Drones and rockets strike the Al-Asad Airbase in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq, which houses U.S. troops. 2023-10-19
Eight people are killed and many more are injured by floods in Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. 2021-12-17
A second rocket attack this week hits the Camp Taji base in Baghdad Governorate, Iraq, wounding three United States troops. 2020-03-14
The Jodrell Bank Observatory in Cheshire, United Kingdom, the ancient ruins of Babylon in Babil Governorate, Iraq, among other sites are designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites. 2019-07-7
Iraq's military reports bombing a convoy possibly carrying Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The group was headed to a meeting in the western Al Anbar Governorate, close to the Syrian border. Eight senior ISIS figures were killed, but al-Baghdadi did not appear to be among them according to Iraqi officials. 2015-10-11
A suicide bomber kills eight people in the centre of Baiji in northern Iraq. 2014-11-11
Unknown attackers kill six people in and near the city of Mosul in northern Iraq. 2013-07-14
At least 22 people are killed and at least 53 others are injured after a car bomb explodes at a market in Al Khalis, Diyala in Iraq. 2010-05-21