2022 in Iraq

Events in the year 2022 in Iraq.

Incumbents

 * President: Barham Salih (until 17 October), Abdul Latif Rashid (from 17 October)
 * Prime Minister:
 * Mustafa Al-Kadhimi (until 27 October)
 * Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani (from 27 October)

January-March

 * 21 January: 2022 Diyala massacre, eleven soldiers killed in their barracks by Daeshis in Al-Azim.
 * 22 January: January 2022 Hatra airstrike, 3 top Daeshi leaders in airstrikes.
 * 8 February: Seven Daeshi leaders killed in airstrikes.
 * 13 March: 2022 Erbil missile attacks, three killed, seven injured in missile strikes by the IRGC.

April-June

 * 6 April: 2022 Iraqi presidential election
 * May: 2022 Sinjar clashes, 3,000 displaced due to clashes between YBS and the Iraqi Army with support from the Turkish Army and the KDP.
 * June: 2022 Iraqi political crisis

July-September

 * 20 July: Zakho resort attack, nine killed, thirty-three injured in shelling on the Barakh resort by either the KDP or the Turkish Armed Forces perpetrated the attacks.
 * The unrest was considered the most serious crisis in the country since the defeat of the Daeshis in the country in 2017, since which Iraq has had relative stability.
 * 17 November Sulaymaniyah gas tank explosion, fifteen killed and a dozen more injured in explosions of a residential area.
 * 18 December: 2022 Kirkuk bombing, nine security forces killed when an IED attacks their convoy followed by a firefight with Daeshis, killing one.

Weather

 * 2022 Iraq dust storms

Country overviews

 * Federal government of Iraq
 * History of Iraq
 * History of Iraq (2011–present)
 * Iraq
 * List of years in Iraq
 * Outline of Iraq
 * Politics of Iraq
 * Timelines of Iraq history