Sources: Xinhua
A Katyusha rocket falls in the Green Zone of Baghdad, Iraq, injuring a child and damaging a house. Iraqi security forces also thwart another rocket launched at Camp Taji, which houses U.S. troops. Also, a MIM-104 Patriot defense system shoots down a missile launched against the U.S. embassy. 2020-07-5
Hundreds of thousands march in Baghdad to protest the presence of the United States in Iraq. 2020-01-24
A pair of bomb blasts targeting a market in central Baghdad kills at least 27 people and injures over 50. 2016-12-31
At least 21 are killed and more than 35 people injured in a suicide attack at one of the residential entrances to district Kadhimiyah, in northern Baghdad, Iraq. ISIL claims responsibility, as published in its official media. [http:--edition.cnn.com-2016-07-24-middleeast-iraq-baghdad-suicide-bombing-isis- (CNN) ] [http:--www.iraqinews.com-iraq-war-isis-claims-responsibility-for-kadhimiya-bombing- (Iraqi News) ]2016-07-24
Masked men in military uniforms kidnap 16 Turkish workers in Baghdad. 2015-09-2
The Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri al-Maliki calls for national unity as a Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant reaches Yathrib 87 kilometres (54 miles) north of Baghdad. 2014-06-25
Tariq al-Hashimi rejects the charges leading to his death sentence in Baghdad on Sunday. He, being a Sunni, claims to be a "target" of Shiite prime minister Nouri al-Maliki. He refuses to return to Iraq for an appeal as long as, according to him, the judicial system is "corrupt". He claims to put the verdict "on his chest as a medal". Al-Qaeda says "black days" are ahead. The reaction of Iraqi people on the street generally welcomes a fair rule of law but is wary of political influencing and sectarianism. 2012-09-10
Iraq: At least 113 people are killed and almost 200 wounded in a series of attacks across Baghdad and five other provinces. The authorities believe al-Qaeda to be responsible. The deadliest explosion strikes an amusement park in the east of the capital, claiming 34 lives and injuring 54, most of them women and children. 2012-08-16
At least twelve people die when gunmen try to rob jewellery shops in Baghdad, Iraq and get into a gunfight with security, police and military. 2010-10-17
6 civilians are wounded in an explosion apparently targeting the Shiite politician Mowaffak al-Rubaie near a fuel station in Sa'doun Street, Baghdad. 2010-09-26