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
Wednesday 26 August: 5 killed
Sinjar: 2 killed inside car by Turkish airstrikes.
Khanaqin: 2 brothers kidnapped and killed by IS;
1 killed by IS in ambush.
Tuesday 25 August: 2 killed
Baghdad: 1 killed by gunmen in Saba Qusour.
Maysan: 1 killed by gunmen.
Monday 24 August: 3 killed
Maysan: 3 men shot as they leave Court of Appeals.
Saturday 22 August: 8 killed
Yusufiya: 7 bodies found.
Mosul: 1 body found.
Friday 21 August: 4 killed
Ramadi: 3 children killed by landmine left by IS.
Baghdad: 1 driver killed by IED.
Thursday 20 August: 7 killed
Dujail: 6 (inc. 2 policemen) killed in IS attack.
Baghdad: 1 killed by gunmen in Mohammed al-Qasim.
Wednesday 19 August: 7 killed
Mosul: 2 young men's bodies found.
Basra: 2 women killed inside car by gunmen;
1 woman killed by gunmen in Jubaila.
Baghdad: 1 killed by gunmen.
Dohuk: 1 school principal killed in Turkish airstrikes.