Sources: AP
At least five people are killed and 18 others are injured during clashes in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq, after the arrest of the nephew of former president Jalal Talabani. 2025-08-22
At least 15 Islamic State militants are killed and seven U.S. troops are injured in a joint United States–Iraq raid on Islamic State camps in Anbar Desert, Iraq. 2024-08-30
Iraq reports its highest single-day record of 3,461 new COVID-19 cases and 75 more deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the nationwide total to 144,064 cases and 5,236 deaths respectively. 2020-08-7
Iraqi cleric and Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani condemns both the United States and Iran over the escalation of conflict in Iraq, saying it shows blatant disregard for Iraqi sovereignty and the suffering of the Iraqi people. 2020-01-10
Iraq's Parliament cancels its third session in a week to discuss political reforms as some MPs dispute the legitimacy of speaker Salim al-Jabouri to chair the meeting. Also, protesters gathered in the streets of Baghdad to protest the growing political deadlock in the country. 2016-04-16
Kurdish Peshmerga forces discover a mass grave believed to contain the remains of more than 70 members of Iraq's Yazidi minority, mostly women, east of the recently liberated town of Sinjar. 2015-11-14
Voters in Iraq go to the polls for parliamentary elections that have already been marred by violence from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. 2014-04-30
Two roadside bombs explode in the Iraqi city of Baqubah killing 14 and wounding 26 people. 2013-08-14
Iran hangs two members of the People's Mujahedin of Iran convicted of involvement in the post-election riots after the presidential election in June 2009 and of visiting a training base in Iraq, in the latest series of executions that has seen an unprecedented 64 people executed in 24 days. 2011-01-24
A suicide bomber attacks a Shia pilgrimage in Baghdad, Iraq killing at least 41 and wounding 174. 2010-07-7