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| 1974 |
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| Resumption of fighting in Kurdistan. The agreement of 1970 was undermined by disputes between Baghdad and Kurdish insurgents over the precise boundaries of the Kurdish autonomous zone, the status of the Kirkuk oil fields, and the scheduled integration of Kurdish forces into the Iraqi army. The Kurdish resistance received a severe setback when Iran cut its flow of weapons to the rebels following the Algiers agreement of 1975. Government troops occupied most of Kurdistan, implemented the 1970 accord on its own terms, and opened the region to economic reform and development. Kurdish separatism revived during the Iran-Iraq War but was again smothered once that conflict came to a close. | 1 |
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| 1979, July 16 |
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| Resignation of Pres. Ahmad Hasan al-Bakr, ostensibly due to poor health. His successor was SADDAM HUSSEIN. | 2 |
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| 1980 |
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| Formation of the National Assembly. Kurdish regions in the north were granted an additional assembly. | 3 |
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| 1981, June 7 |
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| Destruction of Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor by Israeli jets. | 4 |
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| 1984, Jan. 31 |
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| Agreement with Jordan to build an oil pipeline costing $1 billion. Iraq began exporting oil from Aqaba in April. | 5 |
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| March 19 |
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| Signing of a treaty that permanently fixed the border with Jordan. | 6 |
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