2015 in Iraq
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Events
January
- January 6 – Clashes with ISIL in Al Anbar Governorate kill twenty-three Iraqi Army soldiers and allied Sunni fighters.[1]
- January 8 – A suicide bomber targets a police checkpoint in the town of Youssifiyah, killing seven people.[2]
- January 25 – 21 Arab-Iraqi civilians were killed in the village of Kocho by Yazidi militias in retaliation for the Sinjar massacre.[3]
February
- February 7 – Bombings in Baghdad kill at least 37 people hours before the city's curfew was due to end. ISIL claims responsibility.[4]
- February 9 – Several attacks, including a suicide bombing, kill at least 22 in Baghdad, Iraq, in a predominantly Shiite part of the capital.[5]
- February 26 – ISIL posts a video showing the destruction of Mosul Museum, the second largest in Iraq and rich in artifacts from thousands of years of Iraqi history.[6]
- February 28 – A series of car bombs kill 19 people in Balad Ruz, east-central Iraq.[7]
March
- March 2 – A coalition of Iraqi Armed Forces and militia numbering around 30,000 launches an offensive against Islamic State positions in Tikrit. Troops seize control of the district of al-Tin and al-Abeid.[8]
- March 5 – Separate attacks in Baghdad kill at least eight people.[9]
- March 7 – ISIL destroys the ancient city of Hatra following the destruction of Nimrud.[10]
April
- April 8 – The Iraqi Ministry of Tourism reports that Bash Tapia Castle was destroyed by ISIL.[11]
July
- July 17 – A car bomb in Khan Bani Saad killed 130 people[12] injuring at least 130 more.
- July 31 – national protests
December
- 8 December – The Catholic University in Erbil is founded.[13]
- 16 December – The 26 members of a Qatari hunting party are kidnapped from the Samawa desert near Iraqi-Saudi borders.[14]
Scheduled
- The Iraqi Kurdistan presidential elections will take place.[15]
Deaths
Main article: Deaths in 2015
- 4 February – Ziad Al-Karbouly, Islamic state leader.(b.1970)[16]
- 12 March – Harith al-Dhari, Sunni cleric and tribe leader. (b.1941)[17]
- 7 April – Mohammad Bahr al-Uloom, politician.(b.1927)[18]
- 5 June – Tariq Aziz, politician.(b.1936)[19]
- 13 August – Watban Ibrahim, politician.(b.1952)[20]
- 26 September – Jamal al Barzinji, Iraqi-American businessman.(b.1939)[21]
- 3 November – Ahmed Chalabi, politician.(b.1945)[22]
Further information: Category:2015 deaths
References
- ↑ "23 Iraq troops, Sunni fighters killed in clashes with Islamic State". The Hindu. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ↑ "Suicide attack kills 7 in Iraq". The Australian. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
- ↑ Isabel, Coles (February 10, 2015). "Iraqi Yazidis take revenge as Islamic State atrocities unearthed". Reuters.
- ↑ "Bombings kill at least 40 in Baghdad on last day of nightly curfew". KSL. 7 February 2015.
- ↑ "Suicide attack, bombing kill at least 22 in Iraq's capital". Associated Press. 9 February 2015.
- ↑ "Video shows ISIS fighters roaming through Iraq museum with sledgehammers and power tools, destroying artifacts". National Post. 26 February 2015.
- ↑ "Bombings kill 19 people in Iraq". News 24. 28 February 2015.
- ↑ "Iraq 'seizes districts from IS' in Tikrit advance". BBC News. 2 March 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
- ↑ Salaheddin, Sinan (5 March 2015). "Insurgent attacks in Iraqi capital kill at least 16 people". Associated Press.
- ↑ "Islamic State 'demolishes' ancient Hatra site in Iraq". BBC News. 7 March 2015.
- ↑ "Боевики "Исламского государства" взорвали древний замок Баш Тапия в иракском Мосуле" (in Russian). Russian News Agency "TASS". 8 April 2015. Retrieved 22 May 2015.
- ↑ Mustafa Salim and Loveday Morris (18 July 2015). "At least 130 dead in Iraq after massive bomb attack". The Washington Post. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ↑ "Erbil's Catholic University to counter the Christian exodus from Mosul". AsiaNews. 9 December 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ↑ "Qatari hunting group 'kidnapped' by large convoy of unknown gunmen in Iraq". The Independent. 2015-12-16. Retrieved 2025-10-12.
- ↑ "Iraq's Kurdish parliament extends leader's term". Associated Press. 30 June 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ↑ Bacon, Jim Michaels, and John. "Jordan executes two in response to pilot's slaying". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ↑ "الشيخ حارث الضاري في ذمة الله". الجزيرة نت (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ↑ الكويتية, جريدة الجريدة (2015-04-08). "رحيل العلّامة محمد بحر العلوم". جريدة الجريدة الكويتية (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ↑ "وفاة طارق عزيز إثر تدهور صحته في السجن". الجزيرة نت (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ↑ "العراق.. وفاة وطبان التكريتي الأخ غير الشقيق لصدام حسين بـ"مرض عضال"". CNN Arabic (in Arabic). 2015-08-13. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ↑ "In Memoriam: Dr. Jamal Barzinji (1939-2015): The Muslim American Community Is Orphaned". WRMEA. 2015-10-30. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
- ↑ "Veteran Iraqi politician Ahmed Chalabi dies at 71". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2025-03-27.
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