A car bomb attack on a police checkpoint in Baghdad kills at least 15 people and injures 40 others. 2017-03-29
According to reports, at least 250 ISIL militants were killed during fighting in the city of Fallujah while fighting Iraqi Army forces with assistance from U.S. airstrikes. 2016-06-30
In the Third Battle of Fallujah, ISIL militants attack a military barracks east of Fallujah, killing more than 50 government soldiers and militia members. At least 12 militants were also killed in the assault. 2016-06-12
Iraqi security forces free a large number of prisoners from an underground ISIL-operated jail in the city of Hīt. Malallah al-Obeidi, a local official in the Al Anbar Governorate, put the number of freed prisoners at around 1,500, saying most of them were civilians. 2016-04-2
Two ISIL suicide bombers attack a Shiite mosque in Baghdad, killing at least 15 people. 2016-02-25
The Iraqi Army declares victory over Islamic State militants as their forces retake an important government compound in Ramadi. 2015-12-27
At least four people are killed in a bombing attack on Baghdad. 2015-09-29
Iraqi government air strikes kill at least 73 people in the ISIL held cities of Ramadi and Fallujah. 2015-07-5
2014 Mosul offensive: Insurgents continue their offensive, gaining control of the city of Tikrit, the second provincial capital to fall in as many days. At least 500,000 residents of Mosul flee the fighting and head east into Kurdish-controlled territory, while insurgents storm the Turkish Embassy and take 48 Turks hostage, including the Consul General. 2014-06-11