2017 in Iraq

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See also:	Other events of 2017; List of years in Iraq

Events in the year 2017 in Iraq.

Incumbents

2 January – a series of suicide car bombings took place in Sadr City and behind the Kindi and Imam Ali hospitals in Baghdad, killing 56 people and injuring more than 120.
27 March – the American-led coalition conducted a bombing of the al-Aghawat al-Jadidah neighborhood in Western Mosul on 17 March 2017 that killed hundreds of civilians.^[1]
21 June – The Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul was destroyed during the battle by militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.^[2]
29 September – Iraqi government official threat to Kurdish to close a border in Northern Iraq follow vote for independence referendum.^[3]
3 October – Former President of Iraq Jalal Talabani dies in Berlin, Germany aged 83.^[4]

^ Hennigan, W.J.; Hennessy-Fiske, Molly (24 March 2017). "More than 200 civilians killed in suspected U.S. airstrike in Iraq". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 8 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
^ BBC staff (21 June 2017). "Battle for Mosul: IS 'blows up' al-Nuri mosque". BBC World News. Archived from the original on 11 January 2019. Retrieved 22 June 2017.
^ Nordland, Rod; Zucchino, David (September 29, 2017). "As Kurdish Borders Close, War of Words Heats Up". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2017-10-01. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
^ "Jalal Talabani, Kurdish Leader and Iraq's First Postwar President, Is Dead at 83". The New York Times. 3 October 2017. Archived from the original on 4 October 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2017.

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