2024 in Iraq

Events of the year 2024 in Iraq.

Incumbents

 * President: Abdul Latif Rashid
 * Prime Minister: Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani

January

 * 4 January – A US drone strike in Baghdad kills four Harakat Hezbollah al-Nujaba militants, including senior leader Mushtaq Talib al-Saidi.
 * 5 January – Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani announces that the Iraqi government is beginning the process to remove the U.S.-led international military coalition from the country following U.S. drone strike on 4 January.
 * 20 January – The United States Central Command says that a ballistic missile attack by Iranian-backed militias on Al-Asad Airbase in Al Anbar Governorate injured several U.S. troops and at least one Iraqi soldier.
 * 24 January – The US military launches airstrikes on facilities in Iraq used by Kata'ib Hezbollah and other Iranian-backed militias, in retaliation for the 20 January attack on Al-Asad Airbase.
 * 31 January – Kata'ib Hezbollah suspends operations against the U.S. military in Iraq, to "prevent embarrassment of the Iraqi government".

February

 * 2 February – February 2024 American strikes in Iraq and Syria: The US launches retaliatory airstrikes targeting Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria, in response to an attack that killed three US troops in Jordan.
 * 7 February – Two Kata'ib Hezbollah commanders are assassinated in Baghdad by an American drone strike on their car.
 * 21 February – Clashes between rival Shia militias in Baghdad, Basra, and other provinces allegedly kill 200 fighters.
 * 25 February – Turkey launches an airstrike in northern Iraq, killing 4 alleged PKK members.

March

 * 10 March – The Iraqi Army says it killed 10 jihadists in an "Anti-IS Operation" in northwest of Baghdad.
 * 14 March – The National Security Council formally bans the Kurdistan Workers' Party following a high-level meeting between Iraqi and Turkish officials in Baghdad.
 * 21 March – The Islamic Resistance in Iraq launches drone attacks on Kiryat Shmona Airport and Ben Gurion Airport in Israel.

April

 * 1 April – The Islamic Resistance in Iraq launches three drones at Eilat, Israel, damaging a building, but not causing injuries.
 * 2 April – A refrigerator truck crashes into a group of children in Basra, killing six and injuring 14.
 * 19 April –
 * Missiles believed to be fired by the Israel Defense Forces allegedly hit sites near the Iranian city of Isfahan, sites in Iraq and radar sites in Syria.
 * An Iraqi Popular Mobilization Forces command post at the Kalsu military base is hit by an explosion resulting from an air strike, killing one fighter and wounding six others. Security sources say it is not known who was responsible, and Israel and the United States both deny involvement.
 * 27 April – Iraq's parliament votes to criminalize same-sex relationships, to be punishable by a maximum of 15 years in prison.

May

 * 3 May – Four hikers are killed after being caught in a flood in Qaradagh District, Sulaymaniyah Governorate in Iraqi Kurdistan.
 * 6 May – The Turkish Air Force carries out airstrikes on Iraqi Kurdistan, reportedly killing 16 PKK insurgents.

June

 * 23 June – The Houthis claim to have carried out a joint military operation with the Islamic Resistance in Iraq to target four vessels in the Port of Haifa, Israel.
 * 29 June – Five large bombs planted by ISIL are discovered in the walls of the Great al-Nuri Mosque in Mosul.

July

 * 9 July – A court in Baghdad sentences Asma Mohamed, a widow of Islamic State founder Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to death over her involvement in the group and in the kidnapping of Yazidi women in Sinjar.

Scheduled

 * TBD – 2024 Kurdistan Region parliamentary election

Holidays
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 * 1 January - New Year's Day
 * 5 January - Iraqi Army Day
 * 21 March - Nowruz
 * 9 April - Liberation Day
 * 10–12 April – Eid al-Fitr
 * 1 May – Labour Day
 * 16–19 June – Eid al-Adha
 * 7 July – Islamic New Year
 * 14 July – Republic Day
 * 16 July – Ashura
 * 24 August - Arba'in
 * 15 September – The Prophet's day of birth
 * 3 October – National day
 * 8 December – Victory Day
 * 25 December - Christmas Day

Art and entertainment

 * List of Iraqi submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film