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# Iraq

This month
March 2024
Irish citizen Yasser Eljuboori back in Ireland after being detained in Iraq for over a week
Yasser Eljuboori’s legal team described him as suffering an ‘unjust and arbitrary detention’.
Lawyers for Irish citizen in Iraq face 'brutal game of legal whack-a-mole' amid new charges
Last month
February 2024
Irish anti-corruption activist and father-of-three detained in Iraq, family call for release
US drone strike kills three members of the Kataib Hezbollah militia in Iraq
Damascus says US occupation 'cannot continue' after strikes hit Syria and Iraq, killing civilians
This year
2024
US strikes Iran-backed groups in Iraq after American troops targeted by rockets
Iran-backed militants strike US-led coalition base in Iraq
US says it carried out Iraq strike, killed pro-Iran commander
Last year
2023
Wedding fire kills more than 100 people in Iraq
Protesters try to storm Baghdad’s Green Zone over burning of Koran in Denmark
Swedish ambassador expelled from Iraq and embassy stormed as Koran stomped in Stockholm
Iraq to plant 5 million trees to combat severe impacts of climate change
Iraqis protest in capital against gender based violence following murder of YouTuber
All time
Doctor who claims Turkey is using chemical weapons remains in jail
Iraqi firms violating international trademarks to face crackdown
Nine Iraqi officers killed in suspected IS attack: police sources
23 protestors shot dead in Baghdad Green Zone clashes as shelling continued overnight
British man sentenced to 15 years in prison in Iraq for smuggling artifacts
George Bush gaffe sees him condemn the 'wholly unjustified and brutal war in Iraq'
Efforts continuing to secure release of Irish resident imprisoned in Iraq for the last year
Nine schoolteachers among 11 dead in Iraq minibus crash
Belarus-Poland border camp cleared as Iraqis fly home from migrant stand-off
Hundreds of migrants arrive back in Iraq on flight from Belarus
Minsk says it will repatriate migrants at Polish border, as EU broadens its Belarus sanctions
Tensions rise after Iraqi PM survives assassination attempt
Low turnout as Iraqis vote for new parliament
Security tight as Iraqis vote for new parliament
At least 30 killed in bomb attack at Baghdad market
At least 52 dead, 22 wounded in Iraq Covid ward fire
Former US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld dies aged 88
Pentagon says US air strikes in Iraq, Syria targeted Iran-backed militia groups
Prank TV show in Iraq depicting Isis attacks is taken off air
Fire at Baghdad Covid hospital kills 82, leaves 110 wounded
Footage of Irish MEPs in Iraq used in YouTube video promoting a militia group
'I have heard voices of sorrow and loss': Pope Francis leaves Iraq after historic trip
Pope prays for Iraq’s war dead in Mosul on last day of tour
Pope Francis arrives in Iraq for first papal visit amid pandemic and security concerns
Intense preparations being carried out ahead of Pope's visit to Iraq
Iraqi couple enlist help of police to wed despite curfew
When a League of Ireland side travelled to a 'war zone' for a game against Iraq