Timeline of Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2025)
This is a timeline of events during the Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present) in 2025.
Chronology
[edit]January
[edit]- In January 2025: 7 Iraqi Security Personnel, 1 Coalition Soldier, 1 civilian and 31 ISIS militants were killed.[1][2][3]
February
[edit]- In February 2025: 1 Iraqi Security Personnel was injured, while 8 civilians and 7 ISIS militants were killed.[4]
March
[edit]- In March 2025 Iraq announces that a senior leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria was killed in the Al Anbar Governorate during a joint operation between Iraqi security forces and the United States.[5]
April
[edit]- 2025 Duhok axe attack: On 1 April 2025, a Syrian national[6] went on a short-lived spree of attacks against Assyrians celebrating the annual Kha b-Nisan festival in Duhok. Two people are confirmed to have been injured from the attacks,[7] while other sources suggest that an additional third person was from the Asayish was injured. A source close to Iraqi Shafaq News stated that the attacker had conducted the attack as a terrorist operation linked to IS, but investigations have so far failed to uncover a specific motive.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Iraq Monthly Roundup: 101 Killed in January". Anti-war. Retrieved 2025-02-06.
- ^ "Exclusive: Iraqi Army kills 3 senior ISIS commanders in Zarka operation". Shafaq news. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
- ^ "Five ISIS Operatives Killed in Iraqi Precision Airstrike, Enabled by CENTCOM Forces". United States Central Command. Retrieved 2025-02-09.
- ^ "Iraq Monthly Roundup: 101 killed in February". Anti-war. Retrieved 2025-03-05.
- ^ "Iraq says key Islamic State leader is dead". Voice of America. Retrieved 2025-03-14.
- ^ "ئەنجوومەنی ئاسایش: هێرشکارەکەی سەر جەژنی ئەکیتۆ لە دهۆک هەڵگری بیروباوەڕی داعشە". Rudaw (in Central Kurdish). Archived from the original on 1 April 2025. Retrieved 2025-04-01.
- ^ "Two injured in knife attack during Kha Nison–Akitu 6775 celebration in Nohadra (Duhok), Rudaw reports". Syriac Press. 2025-04-01. Retrieved 2025-04-02.
- ^ ""اعتراف خطير".. اعتقال منفذ هجوم "أكيتو" في دهوك". شفق نيوز (in Arabic). Retrieved 2025-04-01.