Entity

Iraq

A topic on our watch list — we track its coverage across 3 coverage verticals, including World Wires, US Politics and Water.

As of 20 Oct 2026Last evidence 20 Oct 2026

What is happening now

  • Iraq parliament fills Cabinet posts, naming a US-sanctioned deputy prime minister

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • Iraq’s PM tells Saudi crown prince Iraqi territory will not be used for attacks

    Reported claim · first reported 14 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

All 2 events and claims involving Iraq

What changed

  • Attention Rising: 55 mentions on 19 Oct 2026, against 39 on 28 Sept 2026 (+41%).
  • State No change in coverage state or wire tier recorded since 9 Oct 2026.
  • Claims No claim first reported since 19 Oct 2026.

How well we know this

1,371 documents · 173 publishers · 6% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 20 Oct 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.058: about 94% of mentions carry no typed assertion
  • Gap: 1 receipt withheld: no source link (the same rule the topic record applies)

In this snapshot’s daily coverage:

Reported alongside Iraq

Names most often reported alongside it; bigger circles and heavier lines mean more shared documents. A dashed circle has no page of its own yet.

IranOilSaudi ArabiaHormuzTrumpMiddle EastIsraelYemenRed Sea
  • Iran · 958 shared documents
  • Oil · 648 shared documents
  • Saudi Arabia · 584 shared documents
  • Hormuz · 577 shared documents
  • Trump · 558 shared documents
  • Middle East · 551 shared documents
  • Israel · 539 shared documents
  • Yemen · 450 shared documents
  • Turkish · 335 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • Red Sea · 295 shared documents

Story momentum

Rising

The word compares 55 mentions on 19 Oct 2026 with 39 on 28 Sept 2026 (+41%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +1733% from 5 Sept 2026 to 19 Oct 2026, between 3 and 77 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions Iraq, day by day.

Market price, cited

Not priced yet

No open prediction market prices a question materially about Iraq yet. Ask about Iraq

No market price on file: no prediction market prices a question about this name yet

Coverage volume and market price are separate measures.

For developers

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The figures on this page, as data. The tool returns the full entity record.

Events involving Iraq

Most-reported first, then newest. Registered events come from the event record; reported events are groups of claims about one occurrence. Claims are grouped when they were first reported within 2 days of each other and either name at least 2 of the same people, places or things besides this one, or share at least 25% of their wording. Each claim keeps its own record.

  • Iraq parliament fills Cabinet posts, naming a US-sanctioned deputy prime minister

    Reported claim · first reported 15 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Iraq’s PM tells Saudi crown prince Iraqi territory will not be used for attacks

    Reported claim · first reported 14 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

Walk the record from Iraq

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Iraq

Entity.

Evidence
1,371 documents · 173 separate publishers · a mention shows the name is in use, not that any claim about it is true
Standing
A name from our starting list; its record is kept up to date automatically from coverage
Time
first seen 2 Sept 2026, last seen 20 Oct 2026
Measured
6% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
20 Oct 2026
12 links from here

Who it moves with: the 10 names are in the map above.

What is claimed about it (2)

  • Reported by two: Reported by two sources that did not copy each other.

Situations it is named in (0)

none on file at this cutoff

For machines: this record as JSON

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What the coverage says

Recent reporting that names Iraq, newest first. Open any row to follow it to the original article.

Evidence tiers: primary source = an official public record · attributed = a named outlet, receipt linked · lead = observed, not yet receipted.

Markets materially about Iraq

Markets whose question is about Iraq or names it as a party. Each row says how the market relates to Iraq and why. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue.

1 market past its stated close date is not shown as open: “Will Iran target Iraq by October 15, 2026?” (closed 15 Oct 2026).

What it connects to

Related records.

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Recorded history

No change in coverage state or wire tier recorded since 9 Oct 2026.

Ask about IraqWatch Iraq

Story momentum counts mentions in tracked coverage. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue. Informational only, not advice. As of 20 Oct 2026.