Sources: The Daily Star
American freelance journalist Shelly Kittleson is kidnapped by armed men in Baghdad, Iraq. 2026-03-31
Four civilians are killed and four more are injured in an ISIL motorcycle bombing near a hospital in Basra, Iraq. 2021-12-7
Ansar al-Islam claims responsibility for an IED explosion that killed three soldiers in Iraq's Diyala Province. This was their first attack since 2013. 2019-10-31
The main border crossing between Al-Qa'im, Iraq, and Albukamal, Syria, reopens. 2019-09-30
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announces the start of a military operation to recapture Falluja from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. [http:--www.cbsnews.com-news-iraq-announces-operation-to-retake-isis-held-city-of-fallujah- (CBS News)] [https:--www.bbc.com-news-world-middle-east-36354319 (BBC)] Operation Breaking Terrorism2016-05-22
The United States Army's elite Delta Force captures their first suspected ISIL operative during a raid in northern Iraq. The detainee is being interrogated by the U.S. and is expected to be turned over to Iraqi officials in the coming days. 2016-03-1
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
The Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri al-Maliki confirms that the Syrian Air Force bombed Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant positions in Iraq earlier in the week. 2014-06-26
Former Iraqi minister Ali Hassan al-Majid, also known as Chemical Ali, is sentenced to death for the Halabja poison gas attack. 2010-01-17