| 12 December 2005 | Personnel from the First Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment have been been carrying out a vital role in the dangerous environment around Baghdad. |
| 8 December 2005 | The Board of Inquiry into the crash of RAF Hercules XV179 in Iraq on 30 January 2005, in which ten UK Service personnel died, is complete and the conclusions have been announced to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Defence. |
| 7 December 2005 | Multi-National Forces have carried out a successful search and arrest operation in Basra aimed at defeating terrorists believed to be operating in the area. At around 2330 hours local time British troops conducted a search and arrest operation in an area west of Qarmat Ali. |
| 4 December 2005 | There is a growing understanding that regional Arab engagement is an essential part in the building of a new Iraq, Defence Secretary John Reid said in a speech to the Gulf Dialogue conference in Bahrain, organised to promote security and stability in the Middle East. |
| 2 December 2005 | Defence Secretary John Reid visited British forces in South East Iraq to see first hand the progress that is being made as the country prepares to go the polls in two weeks time. |
| 24 November 2005 | The MOD has published the findings of the Board of Inquiry (BOI) into the incident in which Corporal Stephen Allbutt and Trooper David Clarke died in Iraq in 2003. |
| 21 November 2005 | A Territorial Army nurse based with 206 (Scottish) Field Hospital in Iraq has completed a gruelling physical challenge to raise money for the Army Benevolent Fund. |
| 20 November 2005 | Sergeant John Jones of the 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers died as a result of injuries sustained from a roadside bomb at approximately 1230 hrs local time in Basra, Iraq. He was on a routine patrol as the commander when the incident occurred. |
| 15 November 2005 | Soldiers from the famous 'Desert Rats' have been conducting patrols around Basrah aimed at curbing insurgent activity in the city. Three rifle companies of The 1st Battalion King's Own Royal Border Regiment, Arnhem, Burma and Chindit (each named after a Regimental battle honour), are based in various locations around the Brigade Area. |
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