Editing History of Iraq (section)

=== Continued ISIL insurgency and protests (2017–present) ===
{{Main|Islamic State insurgency in Iraq (2017–present)|2019–2021 Iraqi protests}}

Tensions between the federal Iraqi government and [[Kurdistan Region]]  arising from the [[2017 Kurdistan Region independence referendum|Kurdistan Region independence referendum]] of 25 September 2017 [[2017 Iraqi–Kurdish conflict|escalated into armed conflict in October 2017]]. As a result of the conflict, Kurdistan Region lost a fifth of the land mass it had administered prior to the conflict and was forced to cancel the results of the referendum.

By 2018, violence in Iraq was at its lowest level in ten years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cdobs.com/archive/featured/violence-in-iraq-at-lowest-level-in-10-years/|title=Violence in Iraq at Lowest Level in 10 years|access-date=9 September 2018|archive-date=22 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180822045957/http://www.cdobs.com/archive/featured/violence-in-iraq-at-lowest-level-in-10-years/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[2018–19 Iraqi protests|Protests over deteriorating economic conditions and state corruption]] started in July 2018 in [[Baghdad]] and other major Iraqi cities, mainly in the central and southern provinces. The latest nationwide protests, erupting in October 2019, had a death toll of at least 93 people, including police.<ref name="I1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/03/middleeast/iraq-economic-protests-intl/index.html|title=Iraq Prime Minister calls protesters' demands 'righteous,' as 93 killed in demonstrations|last1=Alkhshali|first1=Hamdi|last2=Tawfeeq|first2=Mohammed|date=5 October 2019|website=CNN|access-date=5 October 2019|last3=Qiblawi|first3=Tamara|archive-date=27 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191027075324/https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/03/middleeast/iraq-economic-protests-intl/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In November 2021, Iraqi Prime Minister [[Mustafa Al-Kadhimi|Mustafa al-Kadhimi]] survived a failed assassination attempt.<ref>{{cite news |title=Iraq PM says his would-be assassins have been identified |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-59205758 |work=BBC News |date=8 November 2021 |access-date=24 December 2021 |archive-date=19 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211119134720/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-59205758 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's [[Sadrist Movement]] was the biggest winner in the 2021 [[2021 Iraqi parliamentary election|parliamentary elections]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Iraq's Surprise Election Results |url=https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/gulf-and-arabian-peninsula/iraq/iraqs-surprise-election-results |website=Crisis Group |language=en |date=16 November 2021 |access-date=27 December 2021 |archive-date=13 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220313064428/https://www.crisisgroup.org/middle-east-north-africa/gulf-and-arabian-peninsula/iraq/iraqs-surprise-election-results |url-status=live }}</ref> Governmental stalemate lead to the [[2022 Iraqi political crisis]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 June 2022 |title=Iraqi leaders vow to move ahead after dozens quit parliament |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/muqtada-alsadr-ap-iran-baghdad-shiite-b2099824.html |access-date=13 June 2022 |website=The Independent |language=en |archive-date=13 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220613233829/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/muqtada-alsadr-ap-iran-baghdad-shiite-b2099824.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In October 2022, [[Abdul Latif Rashid]] was elected as the new [[President of Iraq]] after winning the parliamentary election against incumbent [[Barham Salih]], who was running for a second term. The presidency is largely ceremonial and is traditionally held by a Kurd.<ref>{{cite news |last1=National |first1=The |title=Who are Iraq's new president Abdul Latif Rashid and PM nominee Mohammed Shia Al Sudani? |url=https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/iraq/2022/10/14/who-are-iraqs-new-president-abdul-lateef-rasheed-and-pm-nominee-mohammad-al-sudani/ |work=The National |date=14 October 2022 |language=en |access-date=25 October 2022 |archive-date=17 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117024740/https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/iraq/2022/10/14/who-are-iraqs-new-president-abdul-lateef-rasheed-and-pm-nominee-mohammad-al-sudani/ |url-status=live }}</ref>  On 27 October 2022, [[Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani|Mohammed Shia al-Sudani]], close ally of former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, took the office to succeed  Mustafa al-Kadhimi as new [[Prime Minister of Iraq]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Iraq gets a new government after a year of deadlock – DW – 10/28/2022 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/iraq-gets-a-new-government-after-a-year-of-deadlock/a-63581601 |work=dw.com |language=en |access-date=31 October 2022 |archive-date=10 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230210075414/https://www.dw.com/en/iraq-gets-a-new-government-after-a-year-of-deadlock/a-63581601 |url-status=live }}</ref>