The Iraqi parliament has passed a bill amending the 1988 anti-prostitution law. According to it, same-sex relations are punishable by up to 15 years, and promotion of LGBT activities is punishable by up to 7 years. The new law also sets penalties for transgender people and doctors who perform such surgeries.

Survivors of the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq have the opportunity to sue the American soldiers who sexually assaulted and tortured them in a cruel and inhumane way 20 years ago.

In response to the attack on its base, the US launched airstrikes against targets in Iraq and Syria belonging to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps and its affiliated paramilitary groups.

8 million Iraqis applied for contract work in the fight against terrorism.

6 Turkish soldiers were killed and 1 soldier was wounded in the "Forest-Lock" operation.

In the local elections held in Iraq for the first time in the last 10 years, Shia parties won the first place.