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Iraq reports an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 bird flu in the city of Samarra.
2021-01-20

A suicide bomber kills seven paramilitary soldiers and wounds three others near Samarra, Iraq.
2019-12-12

Seven people are killed and 13 are injured after suicide bombers hit a state-run power station near the northern city of Samarra, Iraq. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility for the attack.
2017-09-2

A twin suicide bombing attack at a police station in Baghdad kills five people. Yesterday 93 people had been killed and 165 injured in the deadliest day of attacks in Iraq this year.
2016-05-12

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

At least 37 people are killed in Iraq amid a two-day spate of suicide bombings and armed prison escapes.
2013-07-22

A suicide bombing at a mosque in the Iraqi town of Tuz Khormato kills at least 23 people.
2013-01-23

At least 33 people are killed and dozens more are injured in bombings in Baghdad, Kirkuk and Samarra in Iraq's worst violence in weeks.
2012-04-19

The death toll from the suicide bombing of a cafe in the Diyala Governorate near Baghdad, Iraq reaches 22.
2010-10-29