Offstream
news

Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr set fire to the Swedish embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, in response to a planned Quran desecration demonstration in Stockholm, Sweden. The Swedish foreign ministry confirms the safety of its embassy staff while the Iraqi foreign ministry condemns the incident, initiating an investigation to identify those responsible.
2023-07-20

A gas tanker explosion at an amateur football game in Baghdad, Iraq, kills nine people and wounds 10 others.
2022-10-29

Thousands of Iraqis demand American forces withdraw from the country during protests in Liberation Square, Baghdad, a year after an American drone strike killed Iran's general Qasem Soleimani and Iraq's militia commander, Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis. The anniversary of their deaths in Baghdad was also marked in Iran as well as by supporters in Syria, Lebanon, Yemen and other Middle East countries.
2021-01-3

At least two people are killed and dozens injured after Iraqi security forces fire upon protesters at Sinak bridge in central Baghdad.
2020-01-17

At least three civilians are killed and 10 others wounded in a bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq.
2016-05-19

Attacks in Baghdad and predominantly Sunni Arab areas of northern and western Iraq kill nine people.
2014-04-4

A series of attacks in Baghdad and north Iraq kills four policemen and wounds dozens.
2013-11-16

Six people, including an Iraqi Interior Ministry official and four members of a leading political bloc, die in multiple explosions throughout Baghdad apparently targeting members of former prime Minister Ayad Allawi's al-Iraqiya political coalition; four were killed in a roadside bomb and three others were wounded.
2010-10-14

2 car bombs explode in Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least 31 people and injuring 111.
2010-09-19

At least 5 police officers are shot dead at a checkpoint in Baghdad, Iraq.
2010-08-3