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A drone is launched against the Baghdad home of Iraqi prime minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi, injuring six members of his security personnel. Al-Kadhimi survives the assassination attempt.
2021-11-7

A suicide bomber blows himself up at a market in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least 35 people and wounding 50 others. ISIL claims responsibility for the attack.
2021-07-19

Flights from Iran to Najaf, Iraq, are diverted to Baghdad due to anti-government protests.
2018-07-15

Iraqi engineers warn that the Mosul Dam could collapse at anytime, resulting in a catastrophic flash flood that could kill up to one million people along the Tigris, with the major Iraqi cities of Mosul, Tikrit, Samarra and Baghdad all at risk. The U.S. embassy in Baghdad has urged American citizens to leave the area.
2016-03-2

The Government of Iraq calls on Turkey to withdraw its troops from northern Iraq, near the Islamic State-controlled city of Mosul. Iraq's Foreign Ministry said Turkish forces had entered Iraqi territory without the knowledge of the central government in Baghdad.
2015-12-5

A suicide bomber attacks a cafe in Baghdad, Iraq, killing 12 people and injuring another 38.
2014-03-20

Eight people are killed and 25 are injured in a suicide bomb attack on a cafe in Balad north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
2013-08-12

At least eight people are killed and several are missing after a restaurant boat sinks in the Tigris, in central Baghdad, Iraq.
2013-02-28

Robbers kill at least 9 people and injure 14 in a jewelry heist in East Baghdad, Iraq.
2012-03-12

The Iranian ambassador in Baghdad says the recent release of two Iranians from Iraqi custody is not an indication of any impeding deal to free three Americans held in Tehran on spying charges since their capture in July 2009 while hiking in northern Iraq's mountainous Kurdish region.
2010-06-1