Sources: BBC
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
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
A double suicide bombing kills at least 35 people and injures over 90 in Baghdad, Iraq. 2018-01-15
A suicide bomber kills at least 60 people and wounds 70 others after ramming his explosives-laden truck into a security checkpoint at one of the entrances to the Iraqi city of Hillah, south of Baghdad. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility for the attack. 2016-03-6
A suicide bomber kills 23 Iraqi army recruits and wounds 36 in Baghdad. 2014-01-9
A series of attacks in Baghdad and north Iraq kills four policemen and wounds dozens. 2013-11-16
Bombs targeting two Sunni mosques in Baghdad, Iraq, kill seven people. 2013-09-27
At least 16 people are killed by twin bomb blasts in the Sadr City neighbourhood of Baghdad, the capital of Iraq. 2011-10-13
A car bomb in Baghdad, Iraq, kills at least 16 people in a cafe with young men watching a football match. 2011-05-3
The Iraqi Council of Representatives convenes in Baghdad three months after inconclusive elections. 2010-06-14