Events in the year 2021 in Iraq.

Incumbents

* President: Barham Salih * Prime Minister: Mustafa Al-Kadhimi

Events

* 21 January –

Suicide bomb A suicide attack is any violent attack, usually entailing the attacker detonating an explosive, where the attacker has accepted their own death as a direct result of the attacking method used. Suicide attacks have occurred throughout histor ...

ers kill at least 30 people at an open-air market in Baghdad. * 10-14 February – Turkey launches Operation Claw-Eagle 2 in Iraqi Kurdistan region * 15 February – The capital of Iraqi Kurdistan,

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 ...

, is struck by multiple missiles. * 7 March – Pope Francis visits Iraq and holds prayer in the al-Tahera Church, an ancient church destroyed by Islamic State. Amid the ruins, he called for peace and prayed for the victims of the conflict with the ISIL. * 24 April – A fire at a COVID-19 hospital in Baghdad kills at least 82 people in one of the worst fires in

Iraqi history Iraq is a country in Western Asia that largely corresponds with the territory of ancient Mesopotamia. The history of Mesopotamia extends from the Lower Paleolithic period until the establishment of the Caliphate in the late 7th century AD, after wh ...

. * 9 May – Protests erupt in

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 ...

after the killing of prominent rights activist Ihab Jawad Al-Wazni. * 12 July – A blaze at Al-Hussein Teaching Hospital in

Nasiriyah Nasiriyah ( ar, ٱلنَّاصِرِيَّة; United States Board on Geographic Names, BGN: ''An Nāşirīyah''; also spelled ''Nassiriya'' or ''Nasiriya'') is a city in Iraq. It is on the lower Euphrates River, Euphrates, about south-southeas ...

kills 92 people and injures about 100 others. * 19 July - A suicide bombing at an open-air market in Baghdad kills at least 35 people. * 5 November -

2021 Baghdad clashes The 2021 Baghdad clashes were a civil conflict between Iraqi protesters and Iraqi security forces following the 2021 Iraqi election. The protestors were supporters of Iran-backed militias and political parties. The clashes left two dead and m ...

* 7 November - Attempted assassination of Mustafa Al-Kadhimi

Deaths

* 28 January —

Abu Yasser al-Issawi Abu Yasser al-Issawi ( ar, أبو ياسر العيساوي, Abū Yāsir al-ʿĪsāwī; born Jabbar Salman Saleh Ali Al-Issawi, ar, جابر سلمان صالح علي العيساوي, 1978 – 28 January 2021) was a senior ISIS commander and ...

, Islamic militant (b. 1978) * 15 February —

Rowsch Shaways Rowsch Nuri Shaways (Kurdish: ڕۆژ نووری شاوەیس, Arabic: روز نوري شاويس) (15 – 1947 February 2021) was a Kurdish politician who served as the first Prime Minister of the KDP-controlled part of Kurdistan. After the invas ...

, politician (b. 1947) * 28 February —

Sabah Abdul-Jalil Sabah Abdul-Jalil ( ar, صباح عبد الجليل; 1 July 1951 – 28 February 2021) was an Iraqi coach and football midfielder, who last coached Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya. He died from COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iraq.Khairuddin Haseeb Khairuddin Haseeb ( ar, خير الدين حسيب; August 1929 – 12 March 2021) was an Iraqi journalist, academic, and politician. He had served as President of the since its inception in 1975. Biography Haseeb was born in Mosul in August 19 ...

, journalist (b. 1929) * 22 March — Zuhur Dixon, poet (b. 1933)

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