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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

Two people are wounded in a car bombing in Sulaymaniyah, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
2022-10-20

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

Seven people are killed and more than 30 are injured during a rally in Basra, Iraq after security forces opened fire.
2018-09-4

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

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

More than twenty people are killed and scores injured in attacks in Iraq, including 16 people killed in a car bombing in Babil Province.
2011-09-14