2020 in Iraq

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Events in the year 2020 in Iraq.

Incumbents

• President: Barham Salih
• Prime Minister: Adil Abdul-Mahdi (until 7 May); Mustafa Al-Kadhimi (from 7 May)

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]
• February 24 - COVID-19 pandemic in Iraq, the first case of COVID-19 is recorded in Najaf Governorate.

July

• July 6 - Historian and researcher Hashim al-Hashimi is killed by unknown gunmen.[8]

Scheduled

• 20 April – Scheduled date for the 2020 Iraqi governorate elections.[9]

Deaths

Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis

• 3 January – Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, military commander (b. 1954).[10]
• 12 June – Ali Hadi, footballer (b. 1967).[11]
• 14 June – Tawfiq al-Yasiri, politician.
• 21 June – Ahmed Radhi, footballer (b. 1964).[12]
• 22 June – Nouri Dhiab, footballer (b. 1943).[13]
• 24 June – *Mohammed Yaseen Mohammed, weightlifter (b. 1963).[14]
• 6 July – Hisham al-Hashimi, historian and researcher (b. 1973).[8]
• 28 July – Ahlam Wehbi, singer and actress (b. 1938).[15]

See also

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

• 2020
• 2020 in politics and government
• 2020s

References

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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
4. Iraqis mourn murdered reporters. Despite Iran-US tensions, thousands took to the streets again demanding a change of government. Jan 12, 2020.
5. Iraq activist shot dead as protesters cut roads again
6. "Seven killed as rival protesters clash in Iraq's Najaf". Agence France-Presse. February 5, 2020.
7. 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.
8. "Gunmen kill prominent Iraqi analyst and advisor - officials". Reuters. 6 July 2020.
9. "Iraq's electoral commission postpones local elections until April 2020". kurdistan24.net. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
10. "Qassim Soleimani, head of Iran's elite Quds Force, assassinated in US airstrike at Baghdad airport". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
11. Muere director técnico en Irak por coronavirus (in Spanish)
12. Iraqi football great Ahmed Radhi dies after contracting coronavirus
13. وفاة نجم الكرة العراقية السابق نوري ذياب (in Arabic)
14. وفاة رباع العراق وأربيل محمد ياسين متأثراً بفيروس كورونا (in Arabic)
15. وفاة المطربة العراقية الكبيرة احلام وهبي (in Arabic)