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2015 in Iraq
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The following lists events that happened in 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
- December 8 – The Catholic University in Erbil is founded.[13]
Scheduled
- The Iraqi Kurdistan presidential elections will take place.[14]
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Deaths
- 4 February – Ziad Al-Karbouly, Islamic state leader.(b.1970)[15]
- 12 March – Harith al-Dhari, Sunni cleric and tribe leader. (b.1941)[16]
- 7 April – Mohammad Bahr al-Uloom, politician.(b.1927)[17]
- 5 June – Tariq Aziz, politician.(b.1936)[18]
- 13 August – Watban Ibrahim, politician.(b.1952)[19]
- 26 September – Jamal al Barzinji, Iraqi-American businessman.(b.1939)[20]
- 3 November – Ahmed Chalabi, politician.(b.1945)[21]
References
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