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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 Katyusha rocket falls in the Green Zone of Baghdad, Iraq, injuring a child and damaging a house. Iraqi security forces also thwart another rocket launched at Camp Taji, which houses U.S. troops. Also, a MIM-104 Patriot defense system shoots down a missile launched against the U.S. embassy.
2020-07-5

At least five people are killed in a second day of spontaneous protests against unemployment, government corruption and lack of basic services in Iraq. Police say they have "lost control" of the city of Nassiriya after exchanging gunfire with protesters. Curfews are imposed on the Iraqi cities of Baghdad, Nassiriya, Amarah and Hillah.
2019-10-2

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

Violence erupts at a protest rally in Baghdad, Iraq, killing at least four protesters and one police officer. Thousands of supporters of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr gathered in the capital to demand an overhaul of the country's electoral system.
2017-02-11

Multiple bombings in Baghdad, Iraq, kill at least nineteen people and wound another thirty-six.
2015-03-23

Iraqi Christians defy persecution and celebrate Christmas in Baghdad.
2014-12-25

Bombs targeting two Sunni mosques in Baghdad, Iraq, kill seven people.
2013-09-27

15 people die in a suicide bomb attack targeting a Shia mosque in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.
2013-07-5

A rocket kills six people and injures over 50 others at Camp Liberty, an Iraqi facility near Baghdad that shelters members of People's Mujahedin of Iran.
2013-02-9