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See also:	Other events of 2022; List of years in Iraq

Events in the year 2022 in Iraq.

Incumbents

21 January: 2022 Diyala massacre, eleven soldiers killed in their barracks by Daeshis in Al-Azim.^[1]
22 January: January 2022 Hatra airstrike, 3 top Daeshi leaders in airstrikes.^[2]
8 February: Seven Daeshi leaders killed in airstrikes.^[3]
13 March: 2022 Erbil missile attacks, three killed, seven injured in missile strikes by the IRGC.^[4]

6 April: 2022 Iraqi presidential election
May: 2022 Sinjar clashes, 3,000 displaced due to clashes between YBS and the Iraqi Army with support from the Turkish Army and the KDP.
June: 2022 Iraqi political crisis

20 July: Zakho resort attack, nine killed, thirty-three injured in shelling on the Barakh resort by either the KDP or the Turkish Armed Forces perpetrated the attacks.^[5]
29 August: 2022 Baghdad clashes, thirty killed, 590+ injured in clashes between political protestors and Iraqi security forces.^{[citation needed]} The unrest was considered the most serious crisis in the country since the defeat of the Daeshis in the country in 2017, since which Iraq has had relative stability.^[6]
17 November Sulaymaniyah gas tank explosion, fifteen killed and a dozen more injured in explosions of a residential area.^[7]
18 December: 2022 Kirkuk bombing, nine security forces killed when an IED attacks their convoy followed by a firefight with Daeshis, killing one.^[8]

^ "Eleven Iraqi soldiers killed in overnight attack on army base by IS group". France 24. January 21, 2022. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
^ Knights, Michael; Almeida, Alex (January 7, 2022). Cruickshank, Paul; Hummel, Kristina (eds.). "The Islamic State at Low Ebb in Iraq: The Insurgent Tide Recedes Again" (PDF). CTC Sentinel. 15 (1). West Point, New York: Combating Terrorism Center: 1–23. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 10, 2022. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
^ "7 IS terrorists killed by airstrike in Iraq". ANI News. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
^ "IRGC confirms it hit Mossad training centers inside Iraqi Kurdistan - Tehran Times". March 14, 2022. Archived from the original on March 14, 2022. Retrieved May 6, 2022.
^ AFP. "Five Iraqis killed in shelling officials blame on Turkey". www.timesofisrael.com. Archived from the original on July 20, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
^ "Iraq chaos as al-Sadr supporters storm Green Zone after he quits". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on August 30, 2022. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
^ "تەقینەوەیەک لە سلێمانی روویدا". rudaw.net. November 17, 2022. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
^ "At least nine police killed in blast near Iraq's Kirkuk". www.aljazeera.com. Archived from the original on December 18, 2022. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
^ "Iraq dust storm leaves 5,000 people needing treatment". BBC News. May 5, 2022. Retrieved May 6, 2022.