Shifa Gardi, a prominent female reporter for Rudaw Media Network, is killed by a roadside bomb while reporting on the battle for Mosul. 2017-02-25
An Australian security contractor is killed outside the Australian embassy in Baghdad. There are unconfirmed reports that he was shot. 2016-05-13
A car bombing in southeastern Baghdad kills at least 19 and injures nearly 50 Shi'ite pilgrims. ISIL has claimed responsibility. 2016-04-30
At least 40 people are killed and 58 others injured following a suicide bombing at a Shi'ite funeral in the city of Miqdadiyah, Diyala Governorate. ISIL claim responsibility for the attack. 2016-02-29
A pipeline used to generate around half the electricity in Iraqi Kurdistan is blown up, knocking out power across the region. 2016-01-29
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
The United States Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Marine Corps General Joseph Dunford arrived in Iraq to discuss the ongoing battle against ISIS. 2015-10-20
ISIL bombings kill 21 and wound more than 100 others in Shia neighborhoods of Baghdad. 2015-08-15