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Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr set fire to the Swedish embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, in response to a planned Quran desecration demonstration in Stockholm, Sweden. The Swedish foreign ministry confirms the safety of its embassy staff while the Iraqi foreign ministry condemns the incident, initiating an investigation to identify those responsible.
2023-07-20

A gas tanker explosion at an amateur football game in Baghdad, Iraq, kills nine people and wounds 10 others.
2022-10-29

A fire at a hospital in Baghdad, Iraq, kills 82 people and injures more than 100 others.
2021-04-24

Pope Francis arrives in Baghdad in the first ever Papal visit to Iraq.
2021-03-5

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

Flights from Iran to Najaf, Iraq, are diverted to Baghdad due to anti-government protests.
2018-07-15

The Central Criminal Court in Baghdad, Iraq, sentences nineteen Russian women, six Azerbaijani women, and four Tajikistani women to life in prison for membership to ISIL.
2018-04-29

The Government of Iraq calls on Turkey to withdraw its troops from northern Iraq, near the Islamic State-controlled city of Mosul. Iraq's Foreign Ministry said Turkish forces had entered Iraqi territory without the knowledge of the central government in Baghdad.
2015-12-5

At least 35 people killed, 70 injured in bomb attacks in Baghdad and Anbar Province of Iraq.
2014-05-27

A series of attacks in Baghdad and north Iraq kills four policemen and wounds dozens.
2013-11-16