Iraq Body Count (IBC) is an analytical project, not a news portal. Our procedure is to collect and reconcile every available, distinct report about each incident. For larger events, stories may run into the dozens and continue to emerge for days or weeks. This, and the inexorable rise in daily violent incidents, means that there is a considerable gap between the initial reporting of events and their first appearance in the IBC database.
However, we obtain an early impression of events within about 48 hours of first reports. This page provides our news gatherer's account of such recent events, but please keep in mind that these are not our final database entries. Rather, they should be considered an early update on civilian casualties.
Recent Events
Tuesday 29 November: 1 killed
Kirkuk: 1 body found; the victim was 17 years old.
Monday 28 November: 3 killed
Maysan: 3 killed in clashes.
Sunday 27 November: 3 killed
Baghdad: 1 killed in clashes in Husseiniya;
1 killed in clashes in Umm Al-Kibar;
1 body found in Al-Shaab.
Saturday 26 November: 2 killed
Najaf: 1 killed in clashes.
Baghdad: 1 killed by gunmen in Sadr City.
Friday 25 November: 2 killed
Baghdad: 1 killed in clashes in Sadr City;
1 killed by gunmen in Al Hurriya.
Thursday 24 November: 1 killed
Sulaymaniyah: 1 killed in clashes.
Wednesday 23 November: 1 killed
Najaf: 1 killed by gunmen.