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November 2021
)
Iraq-related events during the year of 2021
←
2020
2019
2018
2021
in
Iraq
→
2022
2023
2024
Decades:
2000s
2010s
2020s
See also:
Other events of 2021
List of years in Iraq
Events in the year
2021 in
Iraq
.
Incumbents
[
edit
]
President
:
Barham Salih
Prime Minister
:
Mustafa Al-Kadhimi
Events
[
edit
]
21 January –
Suicide bombers
kill at least 30 people
at an open-air market in
Baghdad
.
10-14 February – Turkey launched
Operation Claw-Eagle 2
in Iraqi Kurdistan region
15 February – The capital of
Iraqi Kurdistan
,
Erbil
, is
struck by multiple missiles
.
7 March –
Pope Francis
visits Iraq
and holds prayer in the
al-Tahera Church
, an ancient
church
destroyed by
Islamic State
. Amid the ruins, he called for peace and prayed for the victims of the conflict with the ISIL.
[
1
]
24 April – A
fire
at a
COVID-19
hospital in Baghdad kills at least 82 people in one of the worst fires in
Iraqi history
.
9 May – Protests erupt in
Karbala
after the killing of prominent
rights
activist Ihab Jawad Al-Wazni.
[
2
]
12 July – A
blaze at Al-Hussein Teaching Hospital
in
Nasiriyah
kills 92 people and injures about 100 others.
[
3
]
19 July - A suicide bombing at an open-air market in Baghdad kills at least 35 people.
[
4
]
5 November -
2021 Baghdad clashes
, two killed and 150+ injured in clashes between political prostestors and security forces.
[
5
]
7 November -
Attempted assassination of Mustafa Al-Kadhimi
Deaths
[
edit
]
28 January —
Abu Yasser al-Issawi
, Islamic militant (b. 1978)
[
6
]
15 February —
Rowsch Shaways
, politician (b. 1947)
[
7
]
28 February —
Sabah Abdul-Jalil
, football player (b. 1951)
[
8
]
12 March —
Khairuddin Haseeb
, journalist (b. 1929)
[
9
]
22 March —
Zuhur Dixon
, poet (b. 1933)
[
10
]
See also
[
edit
]
Wikinews has related news:
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]
Iraq
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Timeline of Iraq history
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]
2021 in politics and government
References
[
edit
]
^
"In Iraq, Pope spreads message of peace, religious tolerance and humanity's resilience"
.
UN News
. 2021-03-07
. Retrieved
2021-03-20
.
^
"Activist's killing triggers protests in Iraq's Karbala"
. Al Jazeera
. Retrieved
9 May
2021
.
^
"92 killed in Iraq hospital fire that swept through Covid-19 ward"
. Stuff. 13 July 2021
. Retrieved
14 July
2021
.
^
"Suicide attack in Iraq's Sadr City kills at least 35, wounds dozens -sources"
.
Reuters
. 2021-07-20
. Retrieved
2021-08-21
.
^
"Iraq ministry: Scores injured in rally over election results"
.
WTOP News
. 5 November 2021.
^
"Islamic State 'Wali' Abu Yasser al-Issawi Killed in Iraq: Prime Minister"
. The Defence Post. 29 January 2021
. Retrieved
23 July
2022
.
^
"KDP' Rowsch Shaways dies today"
. Shafaq News. 15 February 2021
. Retrieved
23 July
2022
.
^
"وفاة النجم العراقي السابق صباح عبد الجليل متأثرا بكورونا"
[The death of the former Iraqi star Sabah Abdul Jalil, as a result of Corona] (in Arabic). Kooora. 28 February 2021
. Retrieved
23 July
2022
.
^
"وفاة المفكر العراقي خير الدين حسيب"
[The death of the Iraqi thinker Khair al-Din Haseeb] (in Arabic). Alkhaleej. 13 March 2021
. Retrieved
23 July
2022
.
^
"الشاعرة العراقية زهور دكسن في ذمة الخلود"
[Iraqi poet Zohr Dixon in the midst of eternity] (in Arabic). aliraqnews. 22 March 2021
. Retrieved
23 July
2022
.
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