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Iraq's National Security Council formally bans the Kurdistan Workers' Party following a high-level meeting between Iraqi and Turkish officials in Baghdad, Iraq.
2024-03-14

Four Katyusha rockets hit the Besmaya Range Complex in Baghdad, Iraq, where Spanish coalition troops are stationed, causing material damage but no casualties, according to the Iraqi military. No group has claimed responsibility.
2020-07-24

The United Nations reports a mortar attack on a camp for displaced Iraqis south of Baghdad kills three people, including two children, and injures 13 others, two critically.
2016-07-5

Tens of thousands of people, mostly Shi'ites, take to the streets of Baghdad, Iraq in a protest calling for Parliament to vote on a cabinet reshuffle. The protest was called for by powerful Shi'te Muslim critic Muqtada al-Sadr. The proposed cabinet reshuffle is aimed at fighting corruption in the midst of divisions between lawmakers that have hampered the work of the government.
2016-04-26

Iraq's Parliament cancels its third session in a week to discuss political reforms as some MPs dispute the legitimacy of speaker Salim al-Jabouri to chair the meeting. Also, protesters gathered in the streets of Baghdad to protest the growing political deadlock in the country.
2016-04-16

Eleven people are killed in further unrest in Iraq, including eight people in a bombing of a Baghdad marketplace.
2012-07-4

A series of bomb attacks around the Iraqi capital of Baghdad kills at least 18 people, including 7 policemen.
2011-05-22

A car bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, kills at least 16 people in a cafe with young men watching a football match.
2011-05-3

Iraq holds funerals for those killed in yesterday's series of bombings in Baghdad.
2010-04-24

Iraqi election officials order a manual recount of votes cast in Baghdad after complaints are raised.
2010-04-19