2019 in Iraq
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Incumbents
Events
- January 24 – Iraqi parliament approves the yearly budget after weeks of deadlock.[1]
- January 26 – After a 16 months ban, Türkiye allows flights to the city of Sulaimaniyah to resume.[2]
- March 11 – Iranian president Rohani visits Iraq for the first time since becoming president in 2013.[3]
- March 21 – Mosul ferry sinking in the Tigris river results in about 100 dead revelers who were celebrating the Kurdish the new year and Iraqi mothers day. [4][5]
- April 17 – 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 – A rocket lands near US embassy in Baghdad with no casualties.[7]
- June 27 – 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]
- July 5 – The ancient ruins of Babylon are listed in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list after decades of campaigning.[9]
- August 20 – Popular Mobilization, a Shia-dominated military group, blames the United States and Israel for an explosion at Balad airbase in Salahuddin province, about 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad.[10]
- September 30 – Iraq reopens a border-crossing with Syria after 8 years of closure. [11]
- October 1– 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.[12]
Deaths
- January 18 - Lamia Al-Gailani Werr, 80, Iraqi archaeologist.
- January 28 - Tahseen Said, 86, Iraqi politician, Emir of the Yazidis (since 1944).
- February 2 - Alaa Mashzoub, 50, Iraqi novelist and writer, expert on the History of the Jews in Iraq, shot.
- May 3 - George Hanna, 90, Iraqi-American basketball player.
- May 13 - Kochavi Shemesh, 75, Iraqi-born Israeli lawyer and social activist, leader of the Black Panthers protest movement.
- 26 May - Qays Abd al-Hussein al-Yasiri, 78, Iraqi media scholar, academic and poet.
- July 7 - Mohammad Hussaini Shahroudi, 93, Iraqi Marja'.
- October 29 - Safaa Al Sarai, 26, activist
References
- ^ "Iraq parliament approves budget ending weeks of deadlock". Middle East Monitor. 2019-01-24. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
- ^ "Turkey resumes flights to Iraq's Sulaimaniyah after 16-month ban". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
- ^ "الرئيس الإيراني حسن روحاني يزور العراق لأول مرة سعيا لتخفيف تأثير العقوبات الأمريكية". BBC News عربي (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-02-26.
- ^ "Overloaded ferry sinks in Tigris River near Iraq's Mosul, killing 71". NBC News. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
- ^ "Mosul ferry sinking: Iraq orders arrest of ex-governor". 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
- ^ "سخرية وغضب في العراق بعد قرار حظر "ببجي و فورتنايت"". BBC News عربي (in Arabic). 18 April 2019. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
- ^ Cornish, Chloe (2019-05-19). "Rocket lands near US embassy in Iraq as tensions rise". Financial Times. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
- ^ "Bahrain recalls envoy to Iraq after protest at embassy". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
- ^ "بابل القديمة تدخل قائمة مواقع التراث العالمي". الجزيرة نت (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-02-26.
- ^ "Iraq paramilitary force blames US and Israel for mystery blasts", BBC News, August 21, 2019, retrieved August 21, 2019
- ^ Aboulenein, Ahmed (30 September 2019). "Iraq reopens Syria crossing in win for mutual ally Iran".
- ^ "Iraq protests: Curfew imposed in Baghdad amid widespread unrest". 2019-10-02. Retrieved 2025-02-25.