This is a list of terrorist incidents in Iraq from 2003 to the present.
Terror attacks in Iraq per year according to the Statista Research Department (2006–2020 [1] ), Iraq’s Counter Terrorism Service – CTS and US Department of State (2021, [2] 2022 [3] ):
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See also: Attacks on US bases
| Name | Date | Dead | Injured | Involved | Location - Circumstances |
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| 2023 Tarmiyah attack | April 8 | 8 | 4 | Islamic State | Baghdad Governorate, North of Baghdad, near Tarmiyah – A PMF convoy was attacked by ISIS members, killing eight and injuring four. [4] |
| Murder of Khwanas Wirya | June 22 | 1 | 0 | Islamist | Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Chamchamal [5] |
| 2023 Salah al-Din attacks | June 29 | 13 | 24 | Islamic State | Salah al-Din province – Several villages were attacked by ISIS members, killing 13 people and injuring 24 others. [4] |
| 2023 Al-Sa’adiya market attack | October 14 | 9 | 15 | Islamic State | Diyala Governorate, Al-Sa’adiya – A car bomb near a market in the town of Al-Sa’adiya killed 9 civilians and injured 15. [4] |
| 2023 Al-Asad Airbase attack | November 20 | 8 | IAMGs (Iran-aligned militia groups) | Al Anbar Governorate, Al-Asad Airbase – Eight U.S. military members were injured by a ballistic missile attack. [4] [6] | |
| 2023 Erbil Airbase attack | December 25 | 3 | IAMGs (Iran-aligned militia groups) | Erbil Governorate, Erbil Airbase – Three members of the U.S. military were injured by a drone attack. [4] |
| Name | Date | Dead | Injured | Involved | Location - Circumstances |
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| 2022 Diyala massacre | January 12 | 11 | Islamic State | Diyala Governorate, Al-Azim | |
| 2022 Diyala attack | January 21 | 11 | Islamic State | Diyala Governorate – ISIS members attacked an Iraqi Army outpost, killing 11 soldiers. [3] | |
| 2022 May attacks | May 24 | 12 | 6 | Islamic State | Kirkuk Governorate – In two separate attacks, ISIS members killed 12 and injured six people in the South of the Kirkuk province. [3] |
| 2022 Kirkuk bombing | December 18 | 10 | 2 | Islamic State | Kirkuk Governorate, Riyadh district, near the village of Chalal al-Matar – Nine Iraqi federal police members died in an IED attack. [3] |
| Name | Date | Dead | Injured | Involved | Location - Circumstances |
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| 2019 Karbala bombing | September 20 | 12 | 5+ | Islamic State | Karbala Governorate, near Karbala – A bomb exploded on a minibus and killed 12 civilians and injured at least 5. [7] |
| Name | Date | Dead | Injured | Involved | Location - Circumstances |
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| 2018 Baghdad bombings | January 15 | 38 | 105+ | Islamic State | Baghdad Governorate, Baghdad – Two suicide bombings took place at al-Tayaran Square of Baghdad, killing 36 and injuring more than 105. |
| 2018 Asdira funeral bombing | April 12 | 25 | 18 | Islamic State | Saladin Governorate, Al-Shirqat District, Asdira |
| Name | Date | Dead | Injured | Involved | Location - Circumstances |
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| 2011 Al Hillah bombing | May 5 | 24 | 72+ | Islamic State | Babylon Governorate, Hillah – A suicide bomber detonated a car filled with explosives at a local police station, killing 24 and injuring at least 72. [8] |
| 22 December 2011 Baghdad bombings | |||||
| October 2011 Baghdad bombings | |||||
| 2011 Basra bombings | |||||
| 2011 Al Diwaniyah bombing | |||||
| 15 August 2011 Iraq attacks | |||||
| January 2011 Iraq attacks | |||||
| 2011 Karbala bombing | |||||
| 2011 Samarra bombing | |||||
| 2011 Taji bombings | |||||
| 2011 Tikrit assault | |||||
| August 2011 Umm al-Qura Mosque bombing |