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Thousands of Iraqis take to the streets in Baghdad and major southern cities, including Basra and Najaf, to both mark the anniversary of the protests and renew calls to end corruption. Security forces in central Baghdad threw tear gas to prevent marchers from crossing strategic bridges, injuring at least six, and around 43 officers were injured after protesters threw Molotov cocktails at them.
2020-10-25

In one of the deadliest days of the protests so far, Iraqi security forces open fire and kill 25 people who were blocking a bridge in Nasiriyah, while 10 people are killed in Najaf, and four people are shot dead in the capital Baghdad. The Iraqi Armed Forces says an emergency unit had been created to "impose security and restore order" in response to the violence. 45 people have been killed by security forces in total.
2019-11-28

Iraqi security forces find the bodies of 53 men shot recently in Hamza south of Baghdad.
2014-07-9

A series of car bombings around the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, kills at least 38 people.
2013-10-27

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

Robbers kill at least 9 people and injure 14 in a jewelry heist in East Baghdad, Iraq.
2012-03-12

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 large explosion hits an Iraqi Ministry of Defence complex in Baghdad.
2010-09-5

The Iraqi Council of Representatives convenes in Baghdad three months after inconclusive elections.
2010-06-14

Iraqi election officials order a manual recount of votes cast in Baghdad after complaints are raised.
2010-04-19