Instagram and Facebook face widespread access outage across Iraq

Users across Iraq reported widespread disruptions accessing Instagram and Facebook on June 12, 2026, with both platforms appearing largely unreachable for much of the day. The outage affected users in multiple cities, though neither Meta nor Iraqi authorities had issued an official statement on the cause or scope of the disruption as of reporting time. No information was immediately available on what triggered the access problems or how long they persisted. Iraqi users took to other channels to flag the interruption, while local internet monitoring communities tracked the status of the two platforms throughout the day. Neither Meta nor Iraqi telecommunications regulators had publicly addressed the issue. No further details on the cause, duration, or resolution of the outage were immediately available.