17 April – The Iraqi parliament votes on a bill to ban several video games, such as PUBG and Fortnite, accusing them of being harmful and too violent. [6]
May
20 May – A rocket lands near US embassy in Baghdad with no casualties.[7]
June
27 June – Iraqi protesters storm the embassy of Bahrain in Baghdad over the country hosting a US sponsored workshop on Palestine. Bahrain responded by recalling their envoy to Iraq.[8]
20 August – Popular Mobilization, a Shia-dominated military group, blames the United States and Israel for an explosion at Balad airbase in Salahuddin province, about 80km (50 miles) north of Baghdad.[10]
September
10 September – 31 people killed and 100 injured due to a stampede that occurred during Ashura commemorations in the city of Karbala.[11]
20 September – A bomb planted in a bus explosion kills 12 and wounds several others outside the city of Karbala.[12]
30 September – Iraq reopens a border-crossing with Syria after 8 years of closure. [13]
October
1 October – anti government Protests break out all across Iraq. The Iraqi government declared a curfew in few cities as well as limit social media and internet access in an attempt to suppress the protests.[14]
Protesters in Baghdad, 1 October 20199 October – The death toll of classes between security forces and protesters rises to around 110 with 6,000 wounded since the beginning of the protests. Iraq's prime minister declares 3 days of mourning for those killed.[15]
11 October – Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s senior Shia cleric demands the Iraqi government investigate the violence against demonstrators. [15]
25 October– A fresh wave of protests is met with violence leaving 40 dead and hundreds injured. [16]
28 October – The Iraqi government institutes a curfew as the total death toll of the protests climbs to 200 since their start on the 1st of October. Protesters defy the curfew and refuse to disband.[17]
Protesters occupy the building known as the Turkish restaurant in Baghdad
November
4 November – Iraqi protesters storm the Iranian consulate in Karbala, 3 people are killed as security forces fire on the protesters to disperse them.[18]
17 November – The protest expand as protestors seal of several bridges and vital roads in Baghdad contracting traffic. Thousands of students join the protests as calls for a general strike continued.[19]
27 November – Iraqi protesters storm and burn down the Iranian consulate in southern city of Najaf.[20]
28 November – 34 protesters are killed in the city of Nasiriyah, and another 18 are killed in Najaf, in what was described as the deadliest day of the protests.[21]
30 November – Iraqi prime minister Adel Abd al- Mehdi formally submits his resignation to the parliament.[22]
Prime Minister Adel Abd Al-Mahdi, Resigned on November 30, 2019
December
1 December – Iraqi parliament accepts the prime minister's resignation during an emergency session, without naming a replacement. [23]
6 December – Unidentified gunmen open fire on protesters camped at Al-Tahrir square in Baghdad, killing 25 and wounding another 130 protesters. [24]
29 December – The united states launch airstrikes at a base associated with the Kataib Hezbollah Iraqi militia, killing 25 people.[25]
31 December – Iraqi protesters, angry at the American airstrikes, attack the US embassy compound in Baghdad.[25]
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