Current risks in Iraq
This page tracks significant risk events worldwide in near real time — earthquakes, disaster alerts, armed conflict, unrest and government travel-advisory changes — combining data from the USGS, GDACS, NASA EONET, UCDP, GDELT, ACLED and official travel-advisory sources. Browse what is happening now, or open the monthly and yearly archive for any country.
13 unrest events, 0 earthquakes, 0 conflict events, and 0 travel advisory changes are active. Fire activity is 3× the 30-day mean.
13 eventsSources: gdelt
13 events· IraqElevated fire activity · 543 hotspots in the last 24 h vs. a 30-day mean of 204.72
Unrest
Totals for Iraq, last 30 days
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 287
- 0 in the list
- Unrest
- 13
- 13 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Signal
How the picture is developing in Iraq
Bars: this period · Markers: 90-day daily baseline × days
Events by type in Iraq
Against the 90-day baseline
Events per day in Iraq
Last 30 days · fire hotspots as line
| Date | Earthquake | Disaster | Conflict | Unrest | Advisory | Fire hotspots |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-05 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 200 |
| 2026-08-06 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 261 |
| 2026-08-07 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | 0 | 202 |
| 2026-08-08 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 43 |
| 2026-08-09 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 51 |
| 2026-08-10 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 126 |
| 2026-08-11 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 199 |
| 2026-08-12 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 216 |
| 2026-08-13 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 115 |
| 2026-08-14 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 53 |
| 2026-08-15 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 46 |
| 2026-08-16 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 150 |
| 2026-08-17 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 283 |
| 2026-08-18 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 165 |
| 2026-08-19 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 58 |
| 2026-08-20 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2026-08-21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 213 |
| 2026-08-22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 331 |
| 2026-08-23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 249 |
| 2026-08-24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 76 |
| 2026-08-25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 |
| 2026-08-26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 131 |
| 2026-08-27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 470 |
| 2026-08-28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 480 |
| 2026-08-29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2026-08-30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 264 |
| 2026-08-31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 356 |
| 2026-09-01 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 606 |
| 2026-09-02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 543 |
| 2026-09-03 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Events
What is happening in Iraq
13 events · newest first
- Unrest
Demonstration in Baghdad, Iraq
Severity 3 · Baghdad · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Baghdad, Iraq
Severity 3 · Baghdad · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Baghdad, Iraq
Severity 4 · Baghdad · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Baghdad, Iraq
Severity 3 · Baghdad · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Tall ‘Afar, Iraq
Severity 3 · Tall ‘Afar · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Tuz Khurmatu, Iraq
Severity 4 · Tuz Khurmatu · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Erbil (Irbil), Iraq
Severity 3 · Erbil (Irbil) · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Riot in Baghdad, Iraq
Severity 4 · Baghdad · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Baghdad, Iraq
Severity 3 · Baghdad · Source: gdelt
- Unrest
Demonstration in Baghdad, Iraq
Severity 3 · Baghdad · Source: gdelt
Reference
What these risk types mean
- Earthquake
- Significant earthquakes (magnitude 4.5+) reported by the USGS.
- Disaster
- Active floods, cyclones, volcanoes, droughts and wildfires reported by GDACS and NASA EONET.
- Conflict
- Armed conflict events above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from UCDP and GDELT.
- Unrest
- Unrest events — protests, strikes, riots — above a minimum severity or fatality floor, from GDELT and ACLED.
- Advisory
- Official government travel-advisory level changes for a country.
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