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A suicide bomber kills seven paramilitary soldiers and wounds three others near Samarra, Iraq.
2019-12-12

Suicide bombers strike in the cities of Tikrit and Samarra in Iraq, killing at least 21.
2016-11-6

Three gunmen open fire on a Real Madrid supporters club meeting in a cafe in Samarra northern Iraq, killing at least 14 and wounding 25. Islamic State of Iraq and Syria claims responsibility for attack.
2016-05-13

Iraqi engineers warn that the Mosul Dam could collapse at anytime, resulting in a catastrophic flash flood that could kill up to one million people along the Tigris, with the major Iraqi cities of Mosul, Tikrit, Samarra and Baghdad all at risk. The U.S. embassy in Baghdad has urged American citizens to leave the area.
2016-03-2

Iraq says that Iran, Russia and Syria are assisting it in its fight with the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.
2015-09-26

The President of the United States Barack Obama authorises $25 million for "immediate military assistance" to the Iraqi government and Kurdistan Regional Government. He also outlines plans to expand US operations against Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant to Syria in a televised address to the nation.
2014-09-10

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

Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant militants lay siege to Iraq's largest oil refinery, located in Baiji.
2014-06-18

At least 33 people are killed and dozens more are injured in bombings in Baghdad, Kirkuk and Samarra in Iraq's worst violence in weeks.
2012-04-19

At least 33 people die following a suicide bombing near the Iraqi city of Samarra.
2011-02-12