Risk events in Iraq, May 2026
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.
554 events were recorded: 518 conflict events and 36 unrest events.
554 eventsSources: gdelt · ucdp
554 events· Iraq
ConflictUnrest
- Earthquake
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Disaster
- 0
- 0 in the list
- Conflict
- 518
- 3 in the list
- Unrest
- 36
- 1 in the list
- Advisory
- 0
- 0 in the list
Events
What is happening now
554 events · newest first
- Conflict
Military force used in Baghdad, Iraq
Severity 3 · Baghdad · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
Military force used in Baghdad, Iraq
Severity 3 · Baghdad · Source: gdelt
- Conflict
State-based conflict in Karbala, Iraq
1 fatality · Karbala · Source: ucdp
- Unrest
Demonstration in Kalar, Iraq
Severity 3 · Kalar · 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.