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
Sunday 14 July: 3 killed
Baghdad: 3 family members killed by gunfire in Shama'iya.
Thursday 11 July: 2 killed
Al-Dawasir: 1 young man's body found.
Sinjar: 1 correspondent for a news website killed in Turkish drone strike.
Monday 8 July: 2 killed
Lake Zarqa, Kirkuk: 2 fishermen killed by IS.
Saturday 6 July: 2 killed
Fallujah: 2 children killed in hand grenade explosion.
Friday 5 July: 1 killed
Baghdad: 1 killed in clan conflict in Al Furat.
Wednesday 3 July: 4 killed
Talafar: 4 bodies found.
Tuesday 2 July: 1 killed
Khanke refugee camp, Dohuk: 1 woman killed in explosion.