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Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg announces an increase in NATO personnel in Iraq from 500 to around 4,000 amid a surge in ISIL activity in the country. The training mission will also be expanded to more areas beyond Baghdad and include more Iraqi security institutions, according to Stoltenberg.
2021-02-18

Thousands of Iraqis take to the streets in Baghdad and major southern cities, including Basra and Najaf, to both mark the anniversary of the protests and renew calls to end corruption. Security forces in central Baghdad threw tear gas to prevent marchers from crossing strategic bridges, injuring at least six, and around 43 officers were injured after protesters threw Molotov cocktails at them.
2020-10-25

A warehouse holding ballot boxes from elections last month burns down in Baghdad. Several politicians say the fire was a criminal act aimed at destabilising the state following a disputed election result.
2018-06-10

A car bomb in Baghdad's southwestern Hayy Al-A'amel neighborhood kills at least 23 people, and wounds 45 others.
2017-03-20

At least 32 people are killed in a car bomb attack targeting Shia Muslims in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
2012-06-16

10 killed, 13 wounded in Iraq gold market robbery in a market in Kirkuk, 250 km north of Baghdad.
2010-10-26

At least 26 people are killed and 53 other are injured during two car bombings in central Baghdad, Iraq.
2010-06-20

Two separate blasts in eastern Baghdad kill 1 person and wound another 8.
2010-06-16

Two people are killed and six others are wounded during four explosions close to the entrance of the Iraqi central bank building in downtown Baghdad.
2010-06-13

Two inspection teams from Iraq's ministry of human rights enter a "secret prison" in Baghdad where "serious legal violations" are said to have occurred.
2010-04-20