Sources: Reuters
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
Tens of thousands of mourners, among them Iraqi prime minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi, attend a funeral procession in Baghdad, Iraq, for those killed in a United States airstrike—among them Qasem Soleimani, the head of Iran's Quds Force and at least five others. The bodies are then brought to Karbala and Najaf, where Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and the other Iraqis killed are to be buried. 2020-01-4
In one of the deadliest days of the protests so far, Iraqi security forces open fire and kill 25 people who were blocking a bridge in Nasiriyah, while 10 people are killed in Najaf, and four people are shot dead in the capital Baghdad. The Iraqi Armed Forces says an emergency unit had been created to "impose security and restore order" in response to the violence. 45 people have been killed by security forces in total. 2019-11-28
Iraqi protesters storm and set fire to the Iranian Consulate General in Najaf. 2019-11-27
U.S. officials confirm that an airstrike on an Iranian weapons depot in Amirli, Iraq on July 19 that killed two Iranian military commanders was conducted by Israel. The strike is the first known Israeli attack inside Iraq since Operation Opera in 1981. 2019-08-23
All flights from Iran to Najaf, Iraq, resume following recent disturbances at Al Najaf International Airport. 2018-07-17
Flights from Iran to Najaf, Iraq, are diverted to Baghdad due to anti-government protests. 2018-07-15
A bomb explodes in the town of al-Mayadin in Deir al-Zor province near the Iraqi border killing eight. 2014-06-14
At least 17 mainly Iranian people are killed in a collision of two buses on a highway near the holy site of Najaf, Iraq. 2010-12-3
Bomb attacks in the Iraqi cities of Karbala, Najaf and Basra kill at least nineteen people and injure scores more. 2010-11-8