8 April 2026
Iraqi Airways to resume domestic and international flights starting Friday
The US Embassy in Iraq: Iranian-backed armed groups carried out drone attacks near the embassy compound and Baghdad airport today.
Head of the Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority: Airspace and all airports in the country will be open starting today.
Explosions in Baghdad, Iraq
Iraqi Interior Ministry: A house burned down following an airstrike on Palestine Street in eastern Baghdad; no casualties reported.
A series of explosions resulted from a raid on a house in Baghdad believed to be an arms depot for one of the factions.
The United Arab Emirates condemns the acts of storming and vandalism that targeted the Kuwaiti consulate in the city of Basra, Iraq.
Heavy, consecutive explosions heard in Baghdad
Explosions heard in Baghdad and the sounds of C-RAM anti-aircraft fire.
The protests continue on the Basra Corniche in front of the Kuwaiti Consulate, in protest against the bombing of a house in Safwan from Kuwaiti territory.
Protesters storm the Kuwaiti consulate in Basra, southern Iraq
American Journalist Shelly Kittleson freed
Heavy shelling targets a Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) headquarters in the border province of Diyala, Iraq.
Recorded from the Iraqi side in Basra - U.S. and Israel targeting an Iranian border post near the Iraqi-Iranian border
Explosions in Tal Afar, Nineveh Province, Iraq
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A source in the Popular Mobilization Forces told Al Jazeera: 7 airstrikes targeted one of the headquarters of the 13th Brigade in Al-Qaim, western Iraq
An airstrike targeted a Popular Mobilization Forces headquarters in Amerli, Salah al-Din Governorate.
Air defenses intercept attack in the skies over Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan
Documentation shows targeting of Iranian-Kurdish party headquarters and activists in Dikla.
Explosions heard in Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan
A source in the local government of Iraq's Dhi Qar province: An unidentified drone crashed in Al-Rifai district, north of the provincial capital.
Iraq has told Asian traders and refiners they can load its crude as vessels carrying the country’s oil are now able to transit the Strait of Hormuz thanks to an Iranian exemption, testing buyers’ confidence in the security guarantee
Bombing of Popular Mobilization Forces positions in Salah al-Din province
Different Iranian Kurdish parties denied claims of US President Donald Trump that the #USA has sent weapons to Iranian protesters but Kurds took guns for themselves
Pro-Iran Iraqi militia Ashab al-Kahf claims responsibility for targeting American interests in Kuwait, saying the attack was in response to the U.S. strike on the Shalamcheh border crossing
Iraqi security sources told Al Jazeera that an airstrike targeted the 52nd Brigade of the Popular Mobilization Forces in Salah al-Din province.
In Baghdad, thousands of Iraqis gather in Tahrir Square to protest US & Israeli attacks on Iran. They carry signs denouncing the US & Israel. The protest was called for by Muqtada Sadr
Another drones attack in Erbil
Iran says Iraq exempt from any Strait of Hormuz restrictions
Iraq closes Shalamcheh border crossing with Iran after airstrikes kill an Iraqi