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List of years in Iraq

Events of 2019 in Iraq.

Incumbents

Events

January

  • 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]

February

March

April

  • 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

  • May 20 – A rocket lands near US embassy in Baghdad with no casualties.[7]

June

  • 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

August

  • 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

  • September 10 – 31 people killed and 100 injured due to a stampede that occurred during Ashura commemorations in the city of Karbala.[11]
  • September 20 – A bomb planted in a bus explosion kills 12 and wounds several others outside the city of Karbala.[12]
  • September 30 – Iraq reopens a border-crossing with Syria after 8 years of closure. [13]

October

  • 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.[14]
  • October 9 – 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 minster declares 3 days of mourning for those killed.[15]
  • October 11 – Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s senior Shia cleric demands the Iraqi government investigate the violence against demonstrators. [15]
  • October 25 – A fresh wave of protests is met with violence leaving 40 dead and hundreds injured. [16]
  • October 28 – 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]

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]

December

Deaths

References

  1. ^ "Iraq parliament approves budget ending weeks of deadlock". Middle East Monitor. 2019-01-24. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
  2. ^ "Turkey resumes flights to Iraq's Sulaimaniyah after 16-month ban". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
  3. ^ "الرئيس الإيراني حسن روحاني يزور العراق لأول مرة سعيا لتخفيف تأثير العقوبات الأمريكية". BBC News عربي (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-02-26.
  4. ^ "Overloaded ferry sinks in Tigris River near Iraq's Mosul, killing 71". NBC News. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  5. ^ "Mosul ferry sinking: Iraq orders arrest of ex-governor". 2019-03-27. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
  6. ^ "سخرية وغضب في العراق بعد قرار حظر "ببجي و فورتنايت"". BBC News عربي (in Arabic). 18 April 2019. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
  7. ^ Cornish, Chloe (2019-05-19). "Rocket lands near US embassy in Iraq as tensions rise". Financial Times. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
  8. ^ "Bahrain recalls envoy to Iraq after protest at embassy". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
  9. ^ "بابل القديمة تدخل قائمة مواقع التراث العالمي". الجزيرة نت (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-02-26.
  10. ^ "Iraq paramilitary force blames US and Israel for mystery blasts", BBC News, August 21, 2019, retrieved August 21, 2019
  11. ^ "Iraq stampede kills 31 at Ashura commemorations in Karbala". 2019-09-10. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  12. ^ "Iraq: At least 12 killed in bus bombing outside Karbala". Al Jazeera. 20 September 2019. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
  13. ^ Aboulenein, Ahmed (30 September 2019). "Iraq reopens Syria crossing in win for mutual ally Iran".
  14. ^ "Iraq protests: Curfew imposed in Baghdad amid widespread unrest". 2019-10-02. Retrieved 2025-02-25.
  15. ^ a b "Iraq protests: All the latest updates". Al Jazeera. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 2025-02-26.
  16. ^ "Iraq protests: 40 dead as mass unrest descends into violence". 2019-10-25. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  17. ^ "Iraq protests: Baghdad curfew declared as unrest continues". 2019-10-28. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  18. ^ "Three killed as Iraq protesters attack Iran consulate in Karbala". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  19. ^ "Protesters seal off Baghdad bridges as thousands join general strike". France 24. 2019-11-17. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  20. ^ Rubin, Alissa J.; Hassan, Falih (2019-11-27). "Iraq Protesters Burn Down Iran Consulate in Night of Anger". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  21. ^ Ibrahim, Arwa. "Iraqi families mourn their dead after protests' 'bloodiest day'". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
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