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Iraq: events and estimated deaths in January 2025

Monthly reportDataset: UCDP GEDData through

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UCDP recorded 28 events of organized violence in Iraq in January 2025. The best estimate of deaths in these events is 47. The low estimate is 45 and the high estimate is 62. UCDP counts 2 of these deaths as deaths of civilians. The count for December 2024 was 21 events.

Among the 26 months with a report for Iraq, January 2025 has the 4th highest count of events. Iraq holds 1 percent of the events that UCDP recorded in all countries with a page in January 2025.

Not all events in UCDP Candidate will make it into the final UCDP GED and new events will be added. The UCDP Candidate is a dataset containing events that have a high probability of being included in the final annual version of UCDP GED.

An incident where armed force was used by an organized actor against another organized actor, or against civilians, resulting in at least 1 direct death at a specific location and a specific date

UCDP's words. Source: UCDP Candidate Events Dataset Codebook, version 1.5 (Introduction) and UCDP GED Codebook, version 26.1 (section 2, the definition of an event), copied on .

This page rests on UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9, with data through . The figures from January 2026 are from Candidate Events. Candidate Events are preliminary and UCDP revises them.

The pages give counts and their sources. They give no travel, security or safety advice. A count of events is not a measure of danger.

Regions

The table has 10 regions at most.

Table 1. Iraq, January 2025: events and estimated deaths by region, in name order
RegionEventsEstimated deaths
Al Anbār province13
Arbīl province40
Dahūk province1216
Diyālá province28
Kirkūk province16
Şalāḩ ad Dīn province15
Sulaymānīyah province14
Figure 1. Events in Iraq, January 2025. The map shows 28 events with 47 estimated deaths. One dot is one event at the place that UCDP gives. When a source names no exact place, UCDP puts the event at the centre of a region or of the country. The area of a dot follows the best estimate of deaths. The largest dot is for 330 deaths or more.1 death10 deaths100 deathsOutlines: Natural Earth, with the first-level areas of the UCDP data. An outline shows where the events are. It is not a statement about a border.

Events

The table lists the events with 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file of Iraq has each event.

No event of this month has 10 or more estimated deaths. The CSV file has each event.

Actors, as UCDP names them

Names as UCDP writes them.

Table 2. Iraq: actors, as UCDP names them, in the events of January 2025, in name order
Name, as UCDP writes itEventsEstimated deaths in these events
Government of Iraq724
Government of Turkey2123
IS724
PKK2123

An event has two sides, so one event can be in two rows. The deaths are the deaths in the events of a side. The table does not say which side caused a death.

Type of violence

Table 3. Iraq: events by type of violence, January 2025
Type of violenceEventsShare of events
State-based armed conflict28100%
Non-state conflict00%
One-sided violence against civilians00%

The glossary has the UCDP definition of each type.

All months

Table 4. Monthly reports of Iraq, newest first: events and estimated deaths
MonthEventsEstimated deathsDataset
September 20264P6PCandidate Events
August 20261P2PCandidate Events
July 20268P45PCandidate Events
June 20265P10PCandidate Events
May 20269P20PCandidate Events
April 20268P15PCandidate Events
March 202637P122PCandidate Events
February 20262P3PCandidate Events
January 20263P14PCandidate Events
December 202511GED
November 202511GED
October 202513GED
September 202512GED
August 2025315GED
July 202533GED
June 202536GED
May 20251217GED
April 202559GED
March 202567GED
February 20252726GED
January 20252847GED
December 20242128GED
November 20242330GED
October 20243077GED
September 20243236GED
August 20242540GED

P Preliminary. The figure is from UCDP Candidate Events, and UCDP revises these events. Search engines list a report of a month in the last 12 months that has 20 or more events. The other reports stay online and ask search engines not to list them.

Iraq: all figures

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ConflictStats. Iraq: events and estimated deaths in January 2025. https://conflictstats.com/country/iraq/month/2025-01/. Source: Uppsala Conflict Data Program, UCDP GED 26.1 and UCDP Candidate Events 26.0.9. Data through .

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