This article lists terrorist incidents in

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 ...

during 2016:

January

*January 11 - At least 50 people were killed in a spate of attacks in Baghdad.

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 Kin ...

claimed responsibility. *January 27 - 2016 Ramadi bombing: Up to a dozen car bombs were set off in the city of Ramadi. The blast killed 55 Iraqi soldiers and pro-government tribal fighters

February

*February 4 - At least 28 killed in attacks in

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 w ...

and

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 Je ...

. *February 8 - 2016 Mosul massacre *February 28 - February 2016 Baghdad bombings *February 29 - 38 killed at a Shia funeral in Muqdadiya.

March

*March 6 - A

suicide bomber 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 ...

kills at least 60 people and wounds 70 others after ramming his explosives-laden truck into a security checkpoint at one of entrances to the

i city of

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 ...

, south of

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 ...

. *March 25 - Iskandariya suicide bombing - 29 killed in a bombing of a football stadium south of Badghdad. *March 29 - At least 3 people die and another 27 were injured in a suicide bombing attack in Baghdad. The

Islamic State of 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 ter ...

claimed responsibility for the attack.

April

*April 4 - A suicide bomber blew himself up on a street killing five people and wounding five others in the southern city of

Basra Basra ( ar, ٱلْبَصْرَة, al-Baṣrah) is an Iraqi city located on the Shatt al-Arab. It had an estimated population of 1.4 million in 2018. Basra is also Iraq's main port, although it does not have deep water access, which is han ...

. *April 4 - A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a restaurant that is frequented by Shiite paramilitary militia fighters, killing at least 14 people. *April 4 - Earlier in the day, a suicide bomber rammed his car into a security checkpoint in the capital's northeastern suburb of Sadr al-Qanat, killing six troops and wounding 13 others. *April 4 - Another suicide car bomber hit a headquarters of paramilitary troops in the town of Mishahda, 20 miles (30 kilometers) north of Baghdad, killing four troops and wounding 10 others. *April 9 - A bomb killed one and 3 people were injured in Diyala Province *April 9 - In Sabaa al-Bour a bomb killed at least 2 people and another 8 were injured.

May

*May 1 - At least 33 people died in a bombing in Samawa. *May 11 - At least 62 people died in a truck bombing in Bagdad. *May 13 - Real Madrid fan club massacres. *May 15 - 2016 Iraq Gas Plant attack. *May 17 - May 2016 Baghdad bombings.

June

*June 4 - Bombings in and around Baghdad kill 15.

July

*July 2 - Karrada bombings kill at least 308 people. *July 24 - Kadhimiya Baghdad bombing kills at least 21 people.

November

*November 24 - A truck bomb attack in

killed at least 100 people.

References

{{Terrorist incidents in Iraq during the Second Iraq War and Iraqi insurgency (2011–present) 2016 in Iraq

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Lists of terrorist incidents in 2016