Sources: asharq-e
At least five people are killed, and up to 30 wounded, when security forces fire live rounds at protestors trying to scale a barricade near Ahrar Bridge in Baghdad. 2019-11-4
Flights from Iran to Najaf, Iraq, are diverted to Baghdad due to anti-government protests. 2018-07-15
Several attacks around Baghdad including bombings and shootings kill at least sixteen people. 2015-01-29
Attacks in Baghdad and predominantly Sunni Arab areas of northern and western Iraq kill nine people. 2014-04-4
Car bombings in Baghdad kill at least 17 people and injure dozens of others. 2013-01-22
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
A series of bombings in Baghdad and Karbala kill at least 33 people less than a week after similar attacks claimed the lives of 133 others. 2011-01-24
10 killed, 13 wounded in Iraq gold market robbery in a market in Kirkuk, 250 km north of Baghdad. 2010-10-26
A female suicide bomber kills 41 people and injures a further 106 in an attack in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. 2010-02-1