The following lists events that happened during 2014 in Iraq.
Incumbents
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Jalal Talabani
Jalal Talabani ( ku, مام جەلال تاڵەبانی, translit=Celal Talebanî; ar, جلال طالباني ; 1933 – 3 October 2017) was an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the sixth president of Iraq from 2006 to 2014, as well as ...
(until July 24),
Fuad Masum
Muhammad Fuad Masum ( ar, محمد فؤاد معصوم هورامي, translit=Muḥammad Fū’ād Ma‘ṣūm; , born 1 January 1938) is an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the seventh president of Iraq from 24 July 2014 to 2 October 2018. ...
(starting July 24)
*
Prime Minister
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:
Nouri al-Maliki
Nouri Kamil Muhammad-Hasan al-Maliki ( ar, نوري المالكي; born 20 June 1950), also known as Jawad al-Maliki (), is secretary-general of the Islamic Dawa Party and was the prime minister of Iraq from 2006 to 2014 and the vice president ...
(until September 9),
Haider al-Abadi
Haider Jawad Kadhim al-Abadi ( ar, حيدر جواد كاظم العبادي; born 25 April 1952) is an Iraqi politician who was Prime Minister of Iraq from September 2014 until October 2018. Previously he served as Minister of Communication fro ...
(starting September 9)
*
Vice President
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:
Khodair al-Khozaei (until September 9),
Nouri al-Maliki
Nouri Kamil Muhammad-Hasan al-Maliki ( ar, نوري المالكي; born 20 June 1950), also known as Jawad al-Maliki (), is secretary-general of the Islamic Dawa Party and was the prime minister of Iraq from 2006 to 2014 and the vice president ...
,
Usama al-Nujayfi
Osama Abdul Aziz al-Nujaifi or Najifi ( ar, أسامة النجيفي; born c. 1956 in Mosul) is an Iraqi politician and served as one of the three vice presidents of the country, from 2014 to 2015 and 2016 to 2018. As the speaker of the Council ...
,
Ayad Allawi
Ayad Allawi ( ar, إيَاد عَلَّاوِي ; born 31 May 1944) is an Iraqi politician. He served as the vice president of Iraq from 2014 to 2015 and 2016 to 2018. Previously he was interim prime minister of Iraq from 2004 to 2005 and the p ...
(starting September 9)
Events
January
* January 2 –
War in Iraq (2013–2017)
The War in Iraq was an armed conflict between Iraq and its allies and the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL) which began in 2013 and ended in December 2017. Following December 2013, the insurgency escalated into full-scale guerrilla warf ...
** Armed tribesmen and
ISIS
Isis (; ''Ēse''; ; Meroitic: ''Wos'' 'a''or ''Wusa''; Phoenician: 𐤀𐤎, romanized: ʾs) was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. Isis was first mentioned in the Old Kingd ...
militants control the Iraqi cities of
Fallujah
Fallujah ( ar, ٱلْفَلُّوجَة, al-Fallūjah, Iraqi pronunciation: ) is a city in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar, located roughly west of Baghdad on the Euphrates. Fallujah dates from Babylonian times and was host to important Jew ...
and
Ramadi
Ramadi ( ar, ٱلرَّمَادِي ''Ar-Ramādī''; also formerly rendered as ''Rumadiyah'' or ''Rumadiya'') is a city in central Iraq, about west of Baghdad and west of Fallujah. It is the capital and largest city of Al Anbar Governorate whi ...
, after days of violence that erupted as a protest camp was removed.
** 13 people are killed in a suicide bombing in
Balad Ruz
Balad Ruz () is a city located some 120 km (75 mi) northeast of Baghdad in the Diyala Governorate of Iraq.
Balad Ruz has a radio station that was opened on December 18, 2006, known as Al Noor Radio Station, meaning "The Light" in A ...
, near
Baqubah
Baqubah ( ar, بَعْقُوبَة; BGN: Ba‘qūbah; also spelled Baquba and Baqouba) is the capital of Iraq's Diyala Governorate. The city is located some to the northeast of Baghdad, on the Diyala River. In 2003 it had an estimated populat ...
.
* January 4 – The Iraqi government loses control of
Fallujah
Fallujah ( ar, ٱلْفَلُّوجَة, al-Fallūjah, Iraqi pronunciation: ) is a city in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar, located roughly west of Baghdad on the Euphrates. Fallujah dates from Babylonian times and was host to important Jew ...
to Islamist militants.
* January 9 – A suicide bomber kills 23 Iraqi army recruits and wounds 36 in
Baghdad
Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...
.
* January 12 – A car bombing at a bus station in central Baghdad kills at least nine people.
* January 15 – At least 26 people are killed in a series of attacks in central Iraq.
* January 16 –
TMZ
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reveals photos of
United States Marines
The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is the maritime land force service branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting expeditionary and amphibious operations through com ...
burning bodies of Iraqis prompting an investigation from the Department of Defense.
* January 21–26 people convicted of terrorism charges are hanged in Iraq.
* January 25–17 people are killed in car-bomb and mortar attacks on a Shi'ite Muslim village.
* January 30 – Six suicide bombers take over the Iraqi Ministry of Transportation in
Baghdad
Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...
and kill at least 24 hostages before security forces take control.
February
* February 5 – A wave of bombings hits central Baghdad with at least 16 people dead.
* February 6 – Seven car bombings across Baghdad, kill at least 13 people.
* February 10 – A car bomb detonates prematurely in Baghdad, killing 21 militants. In a separate event, a car bomb hits a convoy transporting
Usama al-Nujayfi
Osama Abdul Aziz al-Nujaifi or Najifi ( ar, أسامة النجيفي; born c. 1956 in Mosul) is an Iraqi politician and served as one of the three vice presidents of the country, from 2014 to 2015 and 2016 to 2018. As the speaker of the Council ...
with a bodyguard being wounded.
* February 11–16 Iraqi soldiers are killed by militants in an attack on military outposts protecting an oil pipeline in northern Iraq.
* February 17 – At least 25 people are killed and dozens wounded in bombing attacks across Baghdad; three bombs exploded in public markets and a fourth outside a
Shiite
Shīʿa Islam or Shīʿīsm is the second-largest branch of Islam. It holds that the Islamic prophet Muhammad designated ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib as his successor (''khalīfa'') and the Imam (spiritual and political leader) after him, most ...
mosque.
* February 27 – A wave of bombings in Baghdad kills 53 people.
March
* March 9 – A suicide car bomber kills 42 people at a police checkpoint in
Hillah
Hillah ( ar, ٱلْحِلَّة ''al-Ḥillah''), also spelled Hilla, is a city in central Iraq on the Hilla branch of the Euphrates River, south of Baghdad. The population is estimated at 364,700 in 1998. It is the capital of Babylon Province a ...
.
* March 20 – A suicide bomber attacks a café in Baghdad, killing 12 people and injuring another 38.
* March 21 – Gunmen attack a police headquarters north of Baghdad and suicide bombers strike across Iraq killing 25 people and injuring dozens.
April
* April 4 – Attacks in Baghdad and predominantly
Sunni Arab
Sunni Islam () is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims. Its name comes from the word ''Sunnah'', referring to the tradition of Muhammad. The differences between Sunni and Shia Muslims arose from a disagree ...
areas of northern and western Iraq kill nine people.
* April 13 – A suicide truck bomber detonates at a police station in
Kirkuk Governorate
Kirkuk Governorate ( ar, محافظة كركوك, Muḥāfaẓat Karkūk, ku, پارێزگای کەرکووک, Parêzgeha Kerkûkê/Parêzgayi Kerkûk, tr, Kerkük ili) or Kirkuk Province is a governorate in northern Iraq. The governorate has an ...
, killing eight policemen.
* April 22 – A balloting station on the outskirts of
Kirkuk
Kirkuk ( ar, كركوك, ku, کەرکووک, translit=Kerkûk, , tr, Kerkük) is a city in Iraq, serving as the capital of the Kirkuk Governorate, located north of Baghdad. The city is home to a diverse population of Turkmens, Arabs, Kurds, ...
, is attacked by militants, leaving 10 people dead.
* April 25 – At least 25 people are killed and several injured in a series of bomb blasts targeted at Shi'ite rally in Baghdad. The attack comes less than a week before Iraqis are due to head to the polls in
parliamentary elections
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.
* April 27 – Iraqi helicopters destroy a convoy of
ISIL
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fuel tankers inside Syrian territory.
* April 28 – Suicide bomb attacks kill dozens of people at a political rally and at early polling places for the election to be held on April 30.
* April 30 –
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
An Islamic state is a State (polity), state that has a form of government based on sharia, Islamic law (sharia). As a term, it has been used to describe various historical Polity, polities and theories of governance in the Islamic world. As a t ...
.
May
* May 12 – 49 people have been killed and 69 wounded in a series of attacks across Iraq including attack by Iraqi security forces on insurgents in
Al Anbar Governorate
Al Anbar Governorate ( ar, محافظة الأنبار; ''muḥāfaẓat al-’Anbār''), or Anbar Province, is the largest governorate in Iraq by area. Encompassing much of the country's western territory, it shares borders with Syria, Jordan, ...
.
* May 13 – The
International Criminal Court
The International Criminal Court (ICC or ICCt) is an intergovernmental organization and international tribunal seated in The Hague, Netherlands. It is the first and only permanent international court with jurisdiction to prosecute individuals ...
will conduct a preliminary examination in the claims that United Kingdom forces abused Iraqi detainees between 2003 and 2008.
* May 27 – At least 35 people killed, 70 injured in bomb attacks in Baghdad and Anbar.
June
* June 6 – Attacks across Iraq kill 27 people.
* June 7 –
Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal) Iraqi insurgency may refer to:
* Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011), part of the Iraq War
** Iraqi insurgency (2003–2006), 2003–2006 phase of the Iraqi insurgency
** Iraqi civil war (2006–2008), multi-sided civil war in Iraq
* Iraqi insurgency (20 ...
**
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
An Islamic state is a State (polity), state that has a form of government based on sharia, Islamic law (sharia). As a term, it has been used to describe various historical Polity, polities and theories of governance in the Islamic world. As a t ...
gunmen storm the campus of the
University of Anbar
The University of Anbar ( ar, جامعة الأنبار) is an Iraqi university in Ramadi, Al Anbar, Iraq. It was founded in 1987 with a college of education and a college of girls' education, and then expanded until it reached university status ...
, killing 3 guards and holding dozens of students hostage before withdrawing.
** The dead bodies of 21 policemen who were kidnapped a day before by militants are recovered in
Mosul
Mosul ( ar, الموصل, al-Mawṣil, ku, مووسڵ, translit=Mûsil, Turkish: ''Musul'', syr, ܡܘܨܠ, Māwṣil) is a major city in northern Iraq, serving as the capital of Nineveh Governorate. The city is considered the second large ...
.
** At least 52 people are dead following a series of bombings in Baghdad.
* June 8 – At least 13 people are killed and 60 injured as a result of a double bombing at the offices of the
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
The Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK; ku, یەکێتیی نیشتمانیی کوردستان, translit=Yekîtiya Nîştimanî ya Kurdistanê) is a political party active in Kurdistan Region and the disputed territories in Iraq. The PUK describe ...
in
Jalula
Jalawla ( ar, جلولاء, ku, ,Celewla ,گوڵاڵە also known as Jalula) is a town in Diyala Governorate, Iraq. It is located on the Diyala River, north of Sadiyah. The town is populated by Arabs, Kurds and Turkmens.
History
Early history ...
, Diyala region.
* June 9 – A suicide truck bomber detonates his vehicle at the gate of a Patriotic Union of Kurdistan office in
Tuz Khormato
Tuz Khurmatu ( ar, طوزخورماتو, tr, Tuzhurmatu, ku, دووزخورماتوو, translit=Duz Xurmatû, also spelled as Tuz Khurma and Tuz Khormato) is the central city of Tooz District in Saladin Governorate, Iraq, located 55 miles (88 ...
, a second truck bomb detonated as people were gathering around the first one. Over 15 are killed and at least 110 injured.
* June 10 – Militants stage an overnight attack in Mosul, taking control of the city while police and military flee.
* June 11 –
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.
* June 12 –
Iraqi insurgency (post-U.S. withdrawal) Iraqi insurgency may refer to:
* Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011), part of the Iraq War
** Iraqi insurgency (2003–2006), 2003–2006 phase of the Iraqi insurgency
** Iraqi civil war (2006–2008), multi-sided civil war in Iraq
* Iraqi insurgency (20 ...
** The United Nations Security Council meets to discuss the rapid progress of an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant offensive towards Baghdad.
** Iraqi Kurds take over control of the city of Kirkuk as the army flees.
** The Parliament of Iraq postpones a vote on Prime Minister
Nouri Maliki
Nouri Kamil Muhammad-Hasan al-Maliki ( ar, نوري المالكي; born 20 June 1950), also known as Jawad al-Maliki (), is secretary-general of the Islamic Dawa Party and was the prime minister of Iraq from 2006 to 2014 and the vice president ...
's call for a state of emergency due to a lack of quorum.
* June 14 – A bomb explodes in the town of
Mayadin
Mayadin ( ar, ٱلْمِيَادِين/ALA-LC: ''al-Miyādīn'') is a town in eastern Syria. It is the capital of the Mayadin District, part of the Deir ez-Zor Governorate. Mayadin is about 44 kilometers southeast of Deir ez-Zor. The Euphrates Riv ...
in
Deir al-Zor province near the Iraqi border killing 8.
* June 15 – The United States evacuates personnel from its embassy in Baghdad as Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant nears the city.
* June 16 –
2014 Northern Iraq offensive
** ISIL takes control of the town of
Tal Afar
Tal Afar ( ar, تَلْعَفَر, Talʿafar, ) is a city in the Nineveh Governorate of northwestern Iraq, located 63 km (39 mi) west of Mosul, 52 km (32 mi) east of Sinjar[The Pentagon
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sends the USS ''Mesa Verde'' to the Persian Gulf to join a contingency of U.S. Navy ships already stationed there to monitor the northern offensive.
* June 17 – 275 United States Military personnel are deployed to Iraq to provide extra protection for the American embassy in Baghdad.
* June 18 –
2014 Northern Iraq offensive
** 40 Indians working for a Turkish construction company are abducted by militants in Mosul.
** Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant militants lay siege to Iraq's largest oil refinery, located in
Baiji
The baiji (; IPA: ; ''Lipotes vexillifer'', ''Lipotes'' meaning "left behind" and ''vexillifer'' "flag bearer") is a possibly extinct species of freshwater dolphin native to the Yangtze river system in China. It is thought to be the first dolph ...
.
* June 20 – US sends 300 military advisers to Iraq as battle rages in Baiji over the country's biggest oil refinery.
* June 21 – Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant captures the towns of
al-Qa'im,
Anah
Anah or Ana ( ar, عانة, ''ʾĀna'', syr, ܐܢܐ), formerly also known as Anna, is an Iraqi town on the Euphrates river, approximately midway between the Gulf of Alexandretta and the Persian Gulf. Anah lies from west to east on the right ban ...
and
Rawa
The Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA) (Persian:جمعیت انقلابی زنان افغانستان, ''Jamiʿat-e Enqelābi-ye Zanān-e Afghānestān'', Pashto:د افغانستان د ښڅو انقلابی جمعیت) ...
in Western Iraq.
* June 22 – Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant capture the al-Walid (al-Tanf) border crossing with Syria and the Turaibil (Karameh) border crossing with Jordan.
* June 25 – The Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri al-Maliki calls for national unity as an Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant reaches Yathrib 87 kilometres (54 miles) north of Baghdad.
* June 26 –
2014 Northern Iraq offensive
** The Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri al-Maliki confirms that the
Syrian Air Force
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bombed Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant positions in Iraq earlier in the week.
** Insurgents capture the town of Mansouriyat al-Jabal, containing four natural gas fields, which is about 110 km northeast of Baghdad.
** Iraqi forces launch an airborne assault on rebel-held Tikrit with at least one helicopter crashing.
* June 27 – American human rights group
Human Rights Watch
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claims that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant executed at least 160 captives earlier this month in Tikrit.
* June 28 –
2014 Northern Iraq offensive
** The Iraqi Army expels militants from the centre of the city of Tikrit amongst heavy fighting.
** Islamist rebels including members of the
Al-Qaeda
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affiliated
Nusra Front challenge Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant's control of the town of
Albu Kamal
Abu Kamal ( ar, أَبُو كَمَال, ʾAbū Kamāl) or Al-Bukamal ( ar, ٱلْبُوكَمَال, al-Būkamāl) is a city on the Euphrates river in the Deir ez-Zor Governorate of eastern Syria near the border with Iraq. It is the administrat ...
on the Syrian border on Saturday.
* June 29 – The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is renamed the Islamic State, with a caliphate being proclaimed and
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ( ar, أبو بكر البغدادي, ʾAbū Bakr al-Baḡdādī; born Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim Ali Muhammad al-Badri al-Samarrai ( ar, إبراهيم عواد إبراهيم علي محمد البدري السامرائي, ʾIb ...
being named caliph.
July
* July 3 –
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...
deploys 30,000 soldiers to its border with Iraq after Iraqi government forces withdrew from the area.
* July 5 – 46 Indian nurses held hostage by the ISIL for almost a month in Tikrit, arrive at
Cochin airport,
Kochi
Kochi (), also known as Cochin ( ) ( the official name until 1996) is a major port city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is part of the district of Ernakulam in the state of K ...
, India.
* July 7 – Sittings of the
Council of Representatives of Iraq
The Council of Representatives ( ar, مجلس النواب, Majlis an-Nuwwāb al-ʿIrāqiyy; ku, ئهنجومهنی نوێنهران, ''Enjumen-e Nûnerên''), usually referred to simply as the Parliament is the unicameral legislature o ...
are postponed for five weeks as Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant forces kill an Iraqi Army general on the outskirts of Baghdad.
* July 9 – Iraqi security forces find the bodies of 53 men shot recently in Hamza south of Baghdad.
* July 11 – Kurdish MPs withdraw from the central government following a dispute with the Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki with Kurdish forces taking over control of two northern oil fields at Bai Hassan and Kirkuk.
* July 12 –
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) Iraqi civil war may refer to:
* Iraqi–Kurdish conflict (1918–2003), wars and rebellions by Iraqi Kurds against the government
** First Iraqi–Kurdish War (1961–70)
** Second Iraqi–Kurdish War (1974–75)
* 1991 Iraqi uprisings, rebellio ...
** Gunmen kill 29 people in an apartment building in East Baghdad, including twenty women.
** Twin bombings in the city of Kirkuk kill at least 28 people.
* July 15 –
Salim al-Jabouri
Salim Abdullah al-Jabouri (Arabic: سليم عبدالله الجبوري) (born 12 August 1971) is an Iraqi politician who was elected as the Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament on 15 July 2014 until 1 July 2018.
Al-Jabouri now holds the position o ...
is elected as speaker of the Iraqi parliament.
* July 19 – Three bombs explode in Baghdad killing at least fifteen people.
* July 21 – Ten people are killed in an
Iraqi Air Force
The Iraqi Air Force (IQAF or IrAF) ( ar, القوات الجوية العراقية, Al Quwwat al Jawwiyah al Iraqiyyah}) is the aerial warfare service branch of the Iraqi Armed Forces. It is responsible for the defense of Iraqi airspace as well ...
air strike on the rebel-held town of
Hawija
Hawija () is the central town of Al-Hawija District in the Kirkuk Province of Iraq, west of Kirkuk, and north of Baghdad. The town has a population of about 100,000 inhabitants.
Hawija District has approximately 150,000 inhabitants, mostly pop ...
.
* July 22 – A suicide bombing in Baghdad kills at least 21 people.
* July 24 –
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) Iraqi civil war may refer to:
* Iraqi–Kurdish conflict (1918–2003), wars and rebellions by Iraqi Kurds against the government
** First Iraqi–Kurdish War (1961–70)
** Second Iraqi–Kurdish War (1974–75)
* 1991 Iraqi uprisings, rebellio ...
** Gunmen attack a prisoner convoy north of Baghdad resulting in the death of 52 prisoners and eight Iraqi Army soldiers.
** Twin car bombs kill at least 13 people in central Baghdad.
* July 29 – An Iraqi Army raid on jihadist targets in a town southwest of Baghdad kills at least 17 people.
August
* August 3 – The Islamic State seizes the
Yazidi
Yazidis or Yezidis (; ku, ئێزیدی, translit=Êzidî) are a Kurmanji-speaking endogamous minority group who are indigenous to Kurdistan, a geographical region in Western Asia that includes parts of Iraq, Syria, Turkey and Iran. The majo ...
-dominated town of
Sinjar
Sinjar ( ar, سنجار, Sinjār; ku, شنگال, translit=Şingal, syr, ܫܝܓܪ, Shingar) is a town in the Sinjar District of the Nineveh Governorate in northern Iraq. It is located about five kilometers south of the Sinjar Mountains. Its p ...
. It also seized control of the Mosul Dam, which is Iraq's biggest dam, the Ain Zalah oil field, and two more towns.
* August 6 –
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) Iraqi civil war may refer to:
* Iraqi–Kurdish conflict (1918–2003), wars and rebellions by Iraqi Kurds against the government
** First Iraqi–Kurdish War (1961–70)
** Second Iraqi–Kurdish War (1974–75)
* 1991 Iraqi uprisings, rebellio ...
** Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria clash with Iraq's Kurdish minority in the north of the country.
** Iraq government television reports that an Iraqi Air Force strike has killed 60 militants.
** At least 51 people are killed in a series of car bombings in Baghdad.
* August 7 –
2014 Northern Iraq offensive
** The Islamic State captures a range of cities inhabited primarily by
Assyrians in Northern Iraq, notably
Bakhdida
Qaraqosh, also known as Al-Hamdaniya or Bakhdida, is an Assyrian city in Iraq within the Nineveh Governorate, located about 32 km (20 mi) southeast of the city of Mosul and 60 km (37 mi) west of Erbil amid agricultural lands, close ...
,
Bartella,
Qaraqosh
Qaraqosh, also known as Al-Hamdaniya or Bakhdida, is an Assyrian city in Iraq within the Nineveh Governorate, located about 32 km (20 mi) southeast of the city of Mosul and 60 km (37 mi) west of Erbil amid agricultural lands, close ...
,
Tel Keppe
Tel Keppe ( syr, ܬܸܠ ܟܹܐܦܹܐ ', ar, تل كيف ', alternatively spelled Tel Kaif or Telkef) is an Assyrian town in northern Iraq. It is located in the Nineveh Governorate, less than 8 mi (13 km) northeast of Mosul.Welcome to Te ...
,
Karamlish and
Tel Isqof
Tesqopa ( syr, ܬܠܐ ܙܩܝܦܐ, ar, تسقوبا) or Tel Skuf ( syr, ܬܠ ܣܩܘܦ, ar, تللسقف), also ''Tel Eskof'' or ''Tall Asqaf'' is a town in northern Iraq located approximately 19 miles (about 28 kilometres) north of Mosul. ...
; thousands flee, while many Yazidis are caught in the newly captured city of Sinjar.
** The President of the United States,
Barack Obama
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, delivers a statement promising increased humanitarian and military assistance including air strikes.
* August 8 –
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) Iraqi civil war may refer to:
* Iraqi–Kurdish conflict (1918–2003), wars and rebellions by Iraqi Kurds against the government
** First Iraqi–Kurdish War (1961–70)
** Second Iraqi–Kurdish War (1974–75)
* 1991 Iraqi uprisings, rebellio ...
** U.S. F/A-18 fighters bomb ISIL artillery units and a military convoy.
** Iraqi airstrikes kill 45 Islamic State fighters and injure 60.
** The United Nations says the persecution of the Yazidi by ISIL may be genocide.
* August 9 – Iraqi Kurdish security forces report they have opened a road to Sinjar, rescuing over 5,000 Yazidis besieged by the IS group.
* August 10 –
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) Iraqi civil war may refer to:
* Iraqi–Kurdish conflict (1918–2003), wars and rebellions by Iraqi Kurds against the government
** First Iraqi–Kurdish War (1961–70)
** Second Iraqi–Kurdish War (1974–75)
* 1991 Iraqi uprisings, rebellio ...
** The President of Iraqi Kurdistan,
Massoud Barzani
Masoud Barzani ( ku, ,مهسعوود بارزانی, translit=Mesûd Barzanî}; born 16 August 1946) is a Kurdish politician who has been leader of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) since 1979, and was President of the Kurdistan Region of ...
, appeals for international military aid to help defeat Islamist militants.
** The US launches a fourth round of air strikes targeting Islamic State fighters near Erbil, and Kurdish forces regain control of two towns in
Nineveh Governorate
Nineveh Governorate ( ar, محافظة نينوى, syr, ܗܘܦܪܟܝܐ ܕܢܝܢܘܐ, Hoparkiya d’Ninwe, ckb, پارێزگای نەینەوا, Parêzgeha Neynewa), also known as Ninawa Governorate, is a governorate in northern Iraq. It has an ...
after heavy fighting.
* August 11 – Iraq's embattled Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says that he will file a legal complaint against President
Fuad Masum
Muhammad Fuad Masum ( ar, محمد فؤاد معصوم هورامي, translit=Muḥammad Fū’ād Ma‘ṣūm; , born 1 January 1938) is an Iraqi Kurdish politician who served as the seventh president of Iraq from 24 July 2014 to 2 October 2018. ...
for opposing Maliki's reappointment.
* August 13 – The
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
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, image_size = 200px
, caption = The logo of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
, type = NGO
, founded_date =
, founder ...
claims that 52 people have died as Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Islamists gain control of eight villages between Aleppo and the Turkish border.
* August 14 –
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) Iraqi civil war may refer to:
* Iraqi–Kurdish conflict (1918–2003), wars and rebellions by Iraqi Kurds against the government
** First Iraqi–Kurdish War (1961–70)
** Second Iraqi–Kurdish War (1974–75)
* 1991 Iraqi uprisings, rebellio ...
** The United Nations declares its highest state of emergency in Iraq following the advance of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
** Sunni militants and the Iraqi Army clash west of Baghdad, leaving 4 children dead.
** President Obama announces that U.S airstrikes broke the IS siege of Mount Sinjar, allowing thousands of Yazidi refugees to escape, and declares plans for further airstrikes against IS forces.
* August 15 – Several influential Iraqis, including
Grand Ayatollah
Marji ( ar, مرجع, transliteration: ''marjiʿ''; plural: ''marājiʿ''), literally meaning "source to follow" or "religious reference", is a title given to the highest level of Twelver Shia authority, a Grand Ayatollah with the authority giv ...
Ali al-Sistani
Ali al-Husayni al-Sistani ( ar, علي الحسيني السيستاني; fa, , Ali-ye Hoseyni-ye Sistāni; born 4 August 1930), commonly known as Ayatollah Sistani, is an Iranian–Iraqi Twelver Shia Ayatollah and marja'. He has been describe ...
,
Ali Hatem al-Suleiman
Ali Hatem Abd al-Razzaq Ali al-Suleiman al-Assafi al-Dulaimi ( ar, علي حاتم السليمان) (born 1971) is a Sunni sheikh in Al Anbar Governorate, Anbar province. father of (abdulaziz,fazza and dulaim). He is the current Emir of the Dulai ...
, and a group of six leaders from Sunni provinces, state that they are willing to work with the new Prime Minister of Iraq,
Haider Al-Abadi
Haider Jawad Kadhim al-Abadi ( ar, حيدر جواد كاظم العبادي; born 25 April 1952) is an Iraqi politician who was Prime Minister of Iraq from September 2014 until October 2018. Previously he served as Minister of Communication fro ...
, if certain conditions are met.
* August 17 – Kurdish forces, supported by U.S. airstrikes, retake control of the
Mosul Dam
Mosul Dam ( ar, سد الموصل), formerly known as Saddam Dam (), is the largest dam in Iraq. It is located on the Tigris river in the western governorate of Nineveh, upstream of the city of Mosul. The dam serves to generate hydroelectricity ...
after its capture by IS militants.
* August 22 – A suicide bomber and multiple gunmen, suspected to be Shia militiamen,
attack a Sunni mosque in the Diyala Governorate, killing at least 65 people.
* August 23 –
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) Iraqi civil war may refer to:
* Iraqi–Kurdish conflict (1918–2003), wars and rebellions by Iraqi Kurds against the government
** First Iraqi–Kurdish War (1961–70)
** Second Iraqi–Kurdish War (1974–75)
* 1991 Iraqi uprisings, rebellio ...
** The UN calls for action to prevent what it suspects may become a massacre in the northern Iraqi town of
Amirli
Amirli ( ar, آمرلي, ʾĀmirlī; tr, Emirli) also spelt Amerli, is a predominantly Shia Iraqi Turkmen, Turkmen town in Saladin Governorate, Iraq, approximately 100 km from the Iranian border. It is the centre of a farming region.
Histo ...
, which has been besieged by IS forces since June.
** At least 30 people are killed in bombings in Baghdad and Kirkuk.
* August 25 – A suicide bomber detonates his vest inside of a Shiite mosque in Baghdad, killing 13 people.
* August 26 – A car bomb explodes in a mainly Shi'ite section of Baghdad, killing at least eight people and wounding 20.
* August 29 – The United Kingdom raises its terror threat level from "substantial" to "severe" in response to conflicts in Iraq and Syria.
* August 31 – Iraqi security forces reach the town of Amerli which had been besieged by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant forces.
September
* September 2 – The United States sends an additional 250 US troops to protect American personnel.
* September 7 – The United States launches new airstrikes on
ISIS
Isis (; ''Ēse''; ; Meroitic: ''Wos'' 'a''or ''Wusa''; Phoenician: 𐤀𐤎, romanized: ʾs) was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. Isis was first mentioned in the Old Kingd ...
in western Iraq, in an effort to protect the
Haditha Dam
The Haditha Dam ( ar, سد حديثة, Sadd Ḥadītha) or Qadisiya Dam is an earth-fill dam on the Euphrates, north of Haditha (Iraq), creating Lake Qadisiyah ( ar, script=Latn, Buhayrat al-Qadisiyyah). The dam is just over long and high. The ...
.
* September 10 – The President of the United States Barack Obama authorises $25 million for "immediate military assistance" to the Iraqi government and
Kurdistan Regional Government
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) ( ku, حکوومەتی هەرێمی کوردستان, ''Hikûmetî Herêmî Kurdistan'') is the official executive body of the autonomous Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq.
The cabinet is selected by the m ...
. He also outlines plans to expand US operations against
Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant
An Islamic state is a state that has a form of government based on Islamic law (sharia). As a term, it has been used to describe various historical polities and theories of governance in the Islamic world. As a translation of the Arabic term ...
to Syria in a televised address to the nation.
* September 12 – Australia raises its terror threat level to high following concerns about militants returning from conflicts in Iraq and Syria.
* September 13 – The Prime Minister of Iraq
Haider al-Abadi
Haider Jawad Kadhim al-Abadi ( ar, حيدر جواد كاظم العبادي; born 25 April 1952) is an Iraqi politician who was Prime Minister of Iraq from September 2014 until October 2018. Previously he served as Minister of Communication fro ...
says he has ordered the army to stop shelling areas held by the Islamic State where there are civilians present.
* September 26 – The Parliament of the United Kingdom approves air strikes against ISIS in Iraq by 524 votes to 43.
October
* October 7 – A hospital in the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar says that 29 suspected ISIL fighters were killed in airstrikes last night.
* October 9 – A car bombing in a busy street in Baghdad's largest Shi'ite neighbourhood kills at least 12 people.
* October 12 – Islamic State claims responsibility for a triple suicide bombing in
Diyala Governorate that killed 26 Kurds as well as an attack in Anbar Province that killed the head of security.
* October 13 – Three bombs explode in Shi'ite areas of Baghdad killing at least 30 people.
* October 20 – At least 43 Shi'ites are dead in Baghdad and the holy city of
Karbala
Karbala or Kerbala ( ar, كَرْبَلَاء, Karbalāʾ , , also ;) is a city in central Iraq, located about southwest of Baghdad, and a few miles east of Lake Milh, also known as Razzaza Lake. Karbala is the capital of Karbala Governorat ...
in a wave of suicide and car bombings.
* October 22 – A court convicts four former employees of
Blackwater Worldwide
Blackwater was an American private military company founded on December 26, 1996 by former Navy SEAL officer Erik Prince. It was renamed Xe Services in 2009 and known as Academi since 2011 after it was acquired by a group of private investors. ...
on charges related to the 2007 killing of 14 unarmed Iraqis by firing machine guns in a Baghdad traffic circle.
* October 25 – Kurdish peshmergas retake the city of
Zumar and several nearby villages from ISIS, while Iraqi government forces and Shi'ite militias seize control of
Jurf Al Sakhar
Jurf al-Nasr ( ar, جرف النصر) is a small town in Iraq, located about 60 kilometers southwest of Baghdad. It is near Musayyib and approximately 80 kilometers east of Fallujah. The town was formerly known as Jurf al-Sakhar ( ar, جرف ال ...
.
November
* November 2 – Over 300 members of the Sunni
Albu Nimr
Albu Nimr or al-Bu Nimr ( ar, البو نمر or البونمر) is a Sunni Arab tribe (عشيرة ashirah) of some 500,000 people living in the area of Ramadi in Al Anbar Governorate of Iraq. It is part of the larger Dulaim tribe.
In the years ...
tribe are executed by ISIL militants in
Al Anbar Governorate
Al Anbar Governorate ( ar, محافظة الأنبار; ''muḥāfaẓat al-’Anbār''), or Anbar Province, is the largest governorate in Iraq by area. Encompassing much of the country's western territory, it shares borders with Syria, Jordan, ...
.
* November 7 – United States President Barack Obama orders 1,500 more troops into Iraq.
* November 8 –
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ( ar, أبو بكر البغدادي, ʾAbū Bakr al-Baḡdādī; born Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim Ali Muhammad al-Badri al-Samarrai ( ar, إبراهيم عواد إبراهيم علي محمد البدري السامرائي, ʾIb ...
is critically wounded during a US airstrike at
al-Qa'im.
* November 11 – A suicide bomber kills eight people in the centre of Baiji.
* November 12 – Suicide bombings kill at least 23 people across Iraq.
* November 14 – Iraqi forces expel ISIL from the refinery town of Baiji.
* November 19 – A car bomb targets a government building in the Iraqi Kurdish capital
Erbil
Erbil, also called Hawler (, ar, أربيل, Arbīl; syr, ܐܲܪܒܹܝܠ, Arbel), is the capital and most populated city in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. It lies in the Erbil Governorate. It has an estimated population of around 1,600,000.
Hu ...
, resulting in four deaths.
* November 29 – Reuters reports that 17 people have been killed in Iraqi territory currently under the control of Islamic State.
December
* December 1 –
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) Iraqi civil war may refer to:
* Iraqi–Kurdish conflict (1918–2003), wars and rebellions by Iraqi Kurds against the government
** First Iraqi–Kurdish War (1961–70)
** Second Iraqi–Kurdish War (1974–75)
* 1991 Iraqi uprisings, rebellio ...
** Prime Minister of Iraq
Haidar al-Abadi
Haider Jawad Kadhim al-Abadi ( ar, حيدر جواد كاظم العبادي; born 25 April 1952) is an Iraqi politician who was Prime Minister of Iraq from September 2014 until October 2018. Previously he served as Council of Ministers (Iraq), M ...
promises a crackdown on corruption after an audit shows that there were 50,000 ghost soldiers in the Army.
** The Iraq Prime Minister fires 24 Interior Ministry officials while the Islamic State kills at least 15 police officers near the border with Syria.
* December 2 – Reuters reveals, based on three anonymous sources, that a major Switzerland based commodities firm, Trafigura, played a "pivotal" role in the ability of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq to export oil, exports that the central government in Baghdad has prohibited.
* December 4 – Bombings in Kirkuk and Shia Muslim sections of Baghdad kill at least 33 people.
* December 8 – The United Nations seeks $16.4 billion to fund humanitarian assistance programs in 2015 with Syria, Iraq, Sudan and South Sudan the areas of greatest need.
* December 10 – The Kurdish region's military forces, the Peshmerga Ministry, states that over 700 Iraqi Kurds have died fighting ISIL forces since June.
* December 13 – Iraqi officials claim that ISIL have shot down a military helicopter near Sarharra, killing both pilots.
* December 24 – A suicide bombing in Madaen among a group of pro-government Sunni militiamen kills at least 33 people and leaves 55 others wounded.
* December 25 – Iraqi Christians defy persecution and celebrate Christmas in Baghdad.
* December 30 – Iraqi government forces and allied Shia militia recapture the town of Dhuluiya, north of Baghdad, from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
References
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Years of the 21st century in Iraq
2010s in Iraq
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...