2016 in Iraq

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The following lists events that happened during 2016 in Iraq.

Incumbents

• President: Fuad Masum
• Prime Minister: Haider al-Abadi
• Vice President: Nouri al-Maliki, Usama al-Nujayfi, Ayad Allawi

Events

• The Islamic State attacked and briefly seized an Iraqi army base in Al Tarah using suicide car bombers and fighters wearing explosive belts on 1 January. The Iraqi army retook the base with the help of coalition airstrikes on the same day. ^[1]
• Camp Speicher, an Iraqi military base, was attacked by multiple ISIL suicide and car bombers on 3 January. At least 15 Iraqi military and police personnel were killed. ^[2]
• On 12 January, two Islamic State militants set off a bomb outside Al-Jawhara mall in Baghdad, threw hand grenades at passersby, shot at people, and one then killed himself in a suicide bomb attack, killing nine people and injuring 13. Police shot and killed the other militant. In another attack that same day, the Islamic State killed 20 people in a café in Muqdadiya with an IED and a suicide bomb attack. ^[3]
• After months of protests Saturday April 30, 2016 Protesters who are supporters of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr breached the Green Zone in Baghdad and stormed the Iraqi Parliament. ^[4]
• On 11 May, at least 62 people died in a truck bombing in Bagdad. ^[5]
• July 3 – Several suicide car bombings are carried out in a local shopping district in Karrada, Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least 281 and injuring more than 200. ^[6]

Deaths

• 4 March – Taha Jabir Alalwani, Islamic scholar.(b.1933) ^[7]
• 31 March – Zaha Hadid, Architect. (b.1950) ^[8]
• 6 May – Abu Waheeb, Islamic state commander.(b.1986) ^[9]
• 19 May – Amal Taha, actress.(b.1956) ^[10]
• 26 October – Ali Hussein Shihab, footballer.(b.1961) ^[11]
• 14 November – Hashim Al-Mosawy, politician.(b.1939) ^[12]

References

1. "Iraqi forces attempt to clear 'IS' pockets out of Ramadi". Deutsche Welle. 2016-01-01.
2. "At Least 15 Dead After Islamic State Suicide Bombers Attack Iraqi Military Base". Vice News. 3 January 2016.
3. Islamic State Claims Responsibility for Pair of Iraq Attacks The Wall Street Journal
4. "Iraqi protesters breach Baghdad's Green Zone". CBS News. 2016-04-30. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
5. "Islamic State Claims Baghdad Bombing That Killed at Least 62". The Wall Street Journal . May 11, 2016. Retrieved May 11, 2016.
6. "Baghdad bombing death toll rises to 281". BBC. July 7, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
7. "رحيل المفكر الإسلامي طه جابر العلواني". الجزيرة نت (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-03-26.
8. "وفاة المهندسة المعمارية العراقية زها حديد". الجزيرة نت (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-03-26.
9. Gibbons-Neff, Thomas; Warrick, Joby (2016-05-09). "Notorious Islamic State leader killed in airstrike, Pentagon says". The Washington Post. ISSN   0190-8286 . Retrieved 2025-03-26.
10. "الكوميديا العراقية تودع أيقونتها أمل طه بعد صراع مع المرض". aawsat.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-03-26.
11. "وفاة نجم العراق علي حسين". صحيفة الخليج (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-03-26.
12. "وفاة أمين عام حزب الدعوة (تنظيم العراق) هاشم الموسوي". وكالة أنباء براثا (in Arabic). 2016-11-14. Retrieved 2025-03-26.

See also

• Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2016