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Protesters storm and damage the office of the Saudi-owned MBC TV channel in Baghdad, Iraq, after the channel aired a programme which called Hamas and Hezbollah leaders "terrorists". The Iraq Communications and Media Commission later suspends MBC's operations in Iraq in response to the incident.
2024-10-19

Iraqi officials declare a state of emergency for all of Baghdad after protesters loyal to popular Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr stormed into Iraq’s parliament in the Green Zone.
2016-04-30

Two separate car bombs kill at least 12 people in Iraq's capital, Baghdad. The Islamic State claims responsibility for the blast at the security checkpoint in a northern district that killed nine and injured 28 others. Three people are killed and 11 injured at the second bombing in southern Baghdad that targeted an army convoy; no group has claimed responsibility.
2016-04-23

A major Switzerland based commodities firm, Trafigura, played a "pivotal" role in the ability of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq to export oil, exports that the central government in Baghdad has prohibited.
2014-12-2

Attacks in Baghdad and predominantly Sunni Arab areas of northern and western Iraq kill nine people.
2014-04-4

A wave of bombings in the Iraqi capital Baghdad kills 53 people.
2014-02-27

A rocket kills six people and injures over 50 others at Camp Liberty, an Iraqi facility near Baghdad that shelters members of People's Mujahedin of Iran.
2013-02-9

A series of bombings in the Iraqi capital Baghdad kills 14 people.
2012-05-31

At least three people are killed in an explosion in Baghdad, Iraq.
2010-10-27

2 car bombs explode in Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least 31 people and injuring 111.
2010-09-19