9 February – The National Security Service announces the execution of Saadoun Sabri al-Qaisi, a former major general during the Saddam Hussein regime who had been convicted of crimes against humanity including the assassinations of cleric Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and his sister, Amina al-Sadr, in 1980.[7]
22 February – Kuwait summons the Iraqi chargé d'affaires in protest over the submission by Iraq of revised maps and maritime boundaries to the United Nations.[8]
Iraq announces three days of mourning after the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Iraqis also protest at the Green Zone which houses foreign embassies in Baghdad.[12]
Four PMF members are killed in an unidentified airstrike targeting one of their headquarters in Diyala Governorate.[13]
A US kamikaze drone falls without exploding on a farm in western Iraq.[14]
2 March – The US orders all non-emergency personnel and their families to evacuate Iraq alongside other countries in the region.[15]
An unidentified force, suspected to be American or Israeli, is spotted flying helicopters from Syria and landing in the Najaf desert before being intercepted by Iraqi forces, resulting in a shootout that kills one and injures two Iraqi soldiers.[17]
23 March – Kata'ib Hezbollah says that it will extend its pause on strikes on the United States embassy in Baghdad for five more days.[43]
24 March – Fifteen PMF fighters, including a commander, are killed in a US airstrike on a PMF base in Al Anbar Governorate.[44]
25 March – Seven fighters are killed and 13 others are injured in a strike on a PMF base in Al Anbar Governorate, the second strike on the same base in two consecutive days.[45]
April 6 – Two people are killed in an Iranian drone strike on the village of Zarka Zoy in Darashakran District ,Erbil Governorate.[49]
April 7 – Kata'ib Hezbollah announces the release of American journalist Shelly Kittleson, who was kidnapped by gunmen in Baghdad on 31 March, on condition that she leave Iraq.[50]
April 10 – Iraqi airspace is opened to civilian flights after being closed for around 40 days.[51]
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