2021 in Iraq

Events in the year 2021 in Iraq.

Incumbents

 * President: Barham Salih
 * Prime Minister: Mustafa Al-Kadhimi

Events

 * 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.
 * 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.
 * 12 July – A blaze at Al-Hussein Teaching Hospital in Nasiriyah kills 92 people and injures about 100 others.
 * 19 July - A suicide bombing at an open-air market in Baghdad kills at least 35 people.
 * 5 November - 2021 Baghdad clashes, two killed and 150+ injured in clashes between political prostestors and security forces.
 * 7 November - Attempted assassination of Mustafa Al-Kadhimi

Deaths

 * 28 January — Abu Yasser al-Issawi, Islamic militant (b. 1978)
 * 15 February — Rowsch Shaways, politician (b. 1947)
 * 28 February — Sabah Abdul-Jalil, football player (b. 1951)
 * 12 March — Khairuddin Haseeb, journalist (b. 1929)
 * 22 March — Zuhur Dixon, poet (b. 1933)

Country overviews

 * Iraq
 * History of Iraq
 * History of modern Iraq
 * Outline of Iraq
 * Government of Iraq
 * Politics of Iraq
 * Timeline of Iraq history
 * Years in Iraq

Related timelines for current period

 * 2021 in politics and government