2020 in Iraq
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Events in the year 2020 in Iraq.
Incumbents
Events
January
- January 3 – A U.S. coordinated airstrike near Baghdad International Airport kills Iranian military official Qasem Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, deputy chief of the Popular Mobilization Forces.[1]
- January 8 – Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched ballistic missiles at the Ayn al-Asad airbase in Al Anbar Governorate, western Iraq and Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, in response to the killing of Major General Qasem Soleimani by a United States drone strike.[2][3]
- January 12 – Hundreds of Iraqis attend protests over deaths of two reporters in Basra.[4]
- January 21 – An Iraqi female protester was shot dead by government forces. 49-year-old Jannat Madhi was working in a medical team giving help to wounded demonstrators. She was shot around mid-night in the Iraqi southern port of Basra.[5]
February
- February 5 - Eight people were shot dead in Najaf after supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr raided an anti-government protest camp.[6][7]
Scheduled
- 20 April – Scheduled date for the 2020 Iraqi governorate elections.[8]
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References
- O'Connor, Tom; Laporta, James (January 2, 2020). "Iraq Militia Officials, Iran's QUDS Force Head Killed in U.S. Drone Strike". Newsweek. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
- Singh, Maanvi; Greve, Joan; Doherty, Ben; Butler, Ben; Perraudin, Frances; Safi, Michael; Borger, Julian (8 January 2020). "Iran launches missiles at US forces in Iraq at al-Asad and Erbil—live updates". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- Eqbali, Aresu; Malsin, Jared; Leary, Alex (7 January 2020), "Iran Fires Missiles at U.S. Forces in Iraq", Wall Street Journal, retrieved 7 January 2020
- Iraqis mourn murdered reporters. Despite Iran-US tensions, thousands took to the streets again demanding a change of government. Jan 12, 2020.
- Iraq activist shot dead as protesters cut roads again
- "Seven killed as rival protesters clash in Iraq's Najaf". Agence France-Presse. February 5, 2020.
- Davison, John; Hafthi, Ali (February 5, 2020). Maclean, William (ed.). "Clashes in Iraq's Najaf kill 8 after cleric's followers storm protest camp: medics". Reuters.
At least eight people were killed in clashes in Iraq’s southern city of Najaf on Wednesday after supporters of populist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stormed an anti-government protest camp, medical and security sources said. The medical sources said at least 20 more were wounded in the violence but did not provide further details.
- "Iraq's electoral commission postpones local elections until April 2020". kurdistan24.net. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- "Qassim Soleimani, head of Iran's elite Quds Force, assassinated in US airstrike at Baghdad airport". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
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