2022 in Iraq
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Events in the year 2022 in Iraq.
Incumbents
- President: Barham Salih (until 17 October), Abdul Latif Rashid (from 17 October)
- Prime Minister:
- Mustafa Al-Kadhimi (until 27 October)
- Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani (from 27 October)
Events
January-March
- 21 January: 2022 Diyala massacre, eleven soldiers killed in their barracks by Daeshis in Al-Azim.[1]
- 22 January: January 2022 Hatra airstrike, 3 top Daeshi leaders in airstrikes.[2]
- 8 February: Seven Daeshi leaders killed in airstrikes.[3]
- 13 March: 2022 Erbil missile attacks, three killed, seven injured in missile strikes by the IRGC.[4]
April-June
- 6 April: 2022 Iraqi presidential election
- May: 2022 Sinjar clashes, 3,000 displaced due to clashes between YBS and the Iraqi Army with support from the Turkish Army and the KDP.
- June: 2022 Iraqi political crisis
July-September
- 20 July: Zakho resort attack, nine killed, thirty-three injured in shelling on the Barakh resort by either the KDP or the Turkish Armed Forces perpetrated the attacks.[5]
- 29 August: 2022 Baghdad clashes, thirty killed, 590+ injured in clashes between political protestors and Iraqi security forces.[citation needed] The unrest was considered the most serious crisis in the country since the defeat of the Daeshis in the country in 2017, since which Iraq has had relative stability.[6]
- 17 November Sulaymaniyah gas tank explosion, fifteen killed and a dozen more injured in explosions of a residential area.[7]
- 18 December: 2022 Kirkuk bombing, nine security forces killed when an IED attacks their convoy followed by a firefight with Daeshis, killing one.[8]
Weather
See also
Country overviews
- Federal government of Iraq
- History of Iraq
- History of Iraq (2011–present)
- Iraq
- List of years in Iraq
- Outline of Iraq
- Politics of Iraq
- Timelines of Iraq history
References
- ^ "Eleven Iraqi soldiers killed in overnight attack on army base by IS group". France 24. January 21, 2022. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
- ^ Knights, Michael; Almeida, Alex (January 7, 2022). Cruickshank, Paul; Hummel, Kristina (eds.). "The Islamic State at Low Ebb in Iraq: The Insurgent Tide Recedes Again" (PDF). CTC Sentinel. 15 (1). West Point, New York: Combating Terrorism Center: 1–23. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 10, 2022. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
- ^ "7 IS terrorists killed by airstrike in Iraq". ANI News. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^ "IRGC confirms it hit Mossad training centers inside Iraqi Kurdistan - Tehran Times". March 14, 2022. Archived from the original on March 14, 2022. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
- ^ AFP. "Five Iraqis killed in shelling officials blame on Turkey". www.timesofisrael.com. Archived from the original on July 20, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
- ^ "Iraq chaos as al-Sadr supporters storm Green Zone after he quits". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on August 30, 2022. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
- ^ "تەقینەوەیەک لە سلێمانی روویدا". rudaw.net. November 17, 2022. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
- ^ "At least nine police killed in blast near Iraq's Kirkuk". www.aljazeera.com. Archived from the original on December 18, 2022. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
- ^ "Iraq dust storm leaves 5,000 people needing treatment". BBC News. May 5, 2022. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
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