Events in the year 2017 in Iraq. Incumbents President: Fuad Masum Prime Minister: Haider al-Abadi Vice President: Nouri al-Maliki, Usama al-Nujayfi, Ayad Allawi Events 2 January – a series of suicide car bombings took place in Sadr City and behind the Kindi and Imam Ali hospitals in Baghdad, killing 56 people and injuring more than 120. 27 March – the American-led coalition conducted a bombing of the al-Aghawat al-Jadidah neighborhood in Western Mosul on 17 March 2017 that killed hundreds of civilians. 21 June – The Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul was destroyed during the battle by militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. 29 September – Iraqi government official threat to Kurdish to close a border in Northern Iraq follow vote for independence referendum. 3 October – Former President of Iraq Jalal Talabani dies in Berlin, Germany aged 83. Deaths October October 3: Jalal Talabani, Iraqi politician, former president (born 1933) See also Timeline of ISIL-related events (2017) References 2010s in Iraq Years of the 21st century in Iraq Iraq Iraq