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Two men from Kuwait and Saudi Arabia on a hunting trip in Iraq are killed when their vehicle hits a roadside bomb planted by Islamic State insurgents in Al Anbar Governorate.
2023-12-26

Protests in Copenhagen, Denmark, involving Quran desecration, responding to similar protests in Sweden, trigger unrest in Iraq, leading to an attempted breach of Baghdad's Green Zone and armed attacks on Danish Refugee Council facilities in Basra.
2023-07-22

One person is killed and around 60 others are injured during a stampede at a stadium in Basra, Iraq. It is suspected that the incident occurred when some people tried to push their way into the stadium.
2023-01-19

Four civilians are killed and four more are injured in an ISIL motorcycle bombing near a hospital in Basra, Iraq.
2021-12-7

A man is sentenced to death in Iraq for shooting two journalists dead while driving home in Basra in January. The court said that the man committed the murders "with the aim of destabilising security and stability and intimidating people for terrorist purposes".
2021-11-1

Iraqi authorities are searching for 10 grams of iridium-192, a radioactive material stolen from a Weatherford International oilfield services facility near Basra in November 2015. Authorities are concerned about its potential use by Islamic State, or the like, to develop a dirty bomb weapon.
2016-02-17

A car bombing near a bus station in Garmat Ali near the Iraqi city of Basra kills at least 10 people.
2013-03-17

The United Kingdom announces its intention to close its consulate in Basra, Iraq.
2012-10-16

A suicide bomber kills at least 53 people and injures more than 130 in the Iraqi city of Basra.
2012-01-14

Bomb attacks in the Iraqi cities of Karbala, Najaf and Basra kill at least nineteen people and injure scores more.
2010-11-8