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Four Iraqi soldiers are wounded when mortar shells strike Balad Air Base, 40 mi north of Baghdad, which houses U.S. military personnel. The mortars struck the runway inside the base.
2020-01-12

An anonymous senior Iraqi intelligence officer says the drones that attacked Saudi Arabia were launched from Popular Mobilization Forces bases in southern Iraq. The drones on that flight path reportedly would have crossed Kuwait's airspace to carry out the strikes. Kuwait's government says it is investigating the sighting of a drone, reportedly flying low and hovering over Kuwait City on the day of the attacks.
2019-09-15

Twin bombings kill at least 40 people, mostly Shia Iraqi pilgrims, and wound over 100 in the Bab al-Saghir area of Damascus.
2017-03-11

Turkish Air Force bombs Kurdistan Workers' Party targets in northern Iraq and southeastern Turkey killing at least 27 militants.
2016-06-5

Two separate car bombs kill at least 12 people in Iraq's capital, Baghdad. The Islamic State claims responsibility for the blast at the security checkpoint in a northern district that killed nine and injured 28 others. Three people are killed and 11 injured at the second bombing in southern Baghdad that targeted an army convoy; no group has claimed responsibility.
2016-04-23

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

A suicide bombing at a funeral kills at least 17 people in Baqubah, Iraq.
2013-12-1

The last United States brigade combat team leaves Iraq: there are still 56,000 members of the United States armed forces in the country.
2010-08-19

Two car bombs explode near the southern Iraqi city of Karbala, killing at least twenty people.
2010-07-26