Sources: BBC
A group of unknown assailants assassinate prominent Iraqi historian and government advisor Hisham al-Hashimi near his home in Zayouna, Baghdad. No group has claimed responsibility for his killing. 2020-07-6
Three bombings in and around Baghdad kill at least 14, including Shiite pilgrims, and injure more than 30. 2016-05-2
Iraqi engineers warn that the Mosul Dam could collapse at anytime, resulting in a catastrophic flash flood that could kill up to one million people along the Tigris, with the major Iraqi cities of Mosul, Tikrit, Samarra and Baghdad all at risk. The U.S. embassy in Baghdad has urged American citizens to leave the area. 2016-03-2
Bombs in and around Baghdad kill at least nine people, police and medical sources say. There is no immediate claim of responsibility. 2015-11-7
A suicide bomber detonates his vest inside of a Shiite mosque in Baghdad, Iraq, killing 13 people. 2014-08-25
18 people are killed and at least 36 wounded by twin bombings in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. 2011-10-27
Around 60 unsuccessful Iraqi asylum applicants are forcibly and controversially deported to Baghdad from Britain, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands. Amnesty International condemns the move as the deportees face violence and mutilation in that city. 2010-06-9
A mortar attack on joint Iraqi army-police office kills 2 Iraqi soldiers and injures 14 in Baghdad. 2010-04-27
Two inspection teams from Iraq's ministry of human rights enter a "secret prison" in Baghdad where "serious legal violations" are said to have occurred. 2010-04-20
Three car bomb explosions in central Baghdad kill 36 people. 2010-01-25