Events in the year 2018 in
Iraq.
Incumbents
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Presidents:
Fuad Masum (until 2 October)
Barham Salih (since 2 October)
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Prime Minister:
Haider al-Abadi,
Adil Abdul-Mahdi
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Vice President:
Nouri al-Maliki,
Usama al-Nujayfi,
Ayad Allawi
Ayad Allawi ( ar, إيَاد عَلَّاوِي ; born 31 May 1944) is an Iraqi politician. He served as the vice president of Iraq from 2014 to 2015 and 2016 to 2018. Previously he was interim prime minister of Iraq from 2004 to 2005 and the p ...
Events
* 15 January - Iraq's Ministry of Health reported that
27 people were killed and 64 injured by a double suicide bombing in central Baghdad. Although there were no immediate claims of responsibility, it was reported that such attacks had usually been the work of Islamic State in the past, and that elements of the group were still active north of the city despite the government's claim of victory in December 2017.
Two days later (on Wednesday January 17, 2018) Islamic State "claimed responsibility for the twin suicide bombings in Baghdad this week", though the ''
New York Times'' suggested that the delay, and a number of errors in the claim, may show that the group's "media apparatus has been disrupted".
* July 14 - Internet service was cut off in Baghdad, Najaf and Basra following anti-government protests in several cities.
Deaths
*2 January –
Ali Kadhim
Ali Kadhim Nassir Al-Tameemi ( ar, علي كاظم ناصر التميمي), 1 January 1949 – 2 January 2018) was an Iraqi football striker who played for Iraq in the 1972 AFC Asian Cup & 1976 AFC Asian Cup. He also played for Al Zawraa. ...
, footballer (b. 1949).
*12 February–
Kamal al-Hadithi
Kamal al-Hadithi ( ar, كمال الحديثي, translit=Kamāl al-Ḥadīthī; 1939 – 12 February 2018) was an Iraqi poet and journalist, best known for his Arab nationalist inclinations, who published about seventeen poetry collections betw ...
, poet (b. 1939).
*18 May –
Iyad Futayyih, military officer (b. 1942)
*27 September –
Tara Fares
Tara Fares ( ar, تارة فارس; 10 January 1996 – 27 September 2018) was an Iraqi Model (person), model, beauty blogger and Instagram star.
Biography
Fares was born in Baghdad, her father is an Christianity in Iraq, Iraqi Christian and her ...
, Iraqi model and beauty blogger (b. 1996)
References
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