Sources: Reuters
Iraq receives Ghazwan al-Zawbaee, the alleged mastermind of the ISIL suicide truck bombing that killed 340 people in Karrada, Baghdad, in 2016, which was the deadliest single-bomb attack in Iraq. Al-Zawbaee was arrested two days prior through a joint operation in a neighbouring country. 2021-10-18
At least two people are killed and 200 are injured at protests against unemployment and government corruption in Iraq. Protestors also try to enter the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad. 2019-10-1
A twin suicide bombing attack at a police station in Baghdad kills five people. Yesterday 93 people had been killed and 165 injured in the deadliest day of attacks in Iraq this year. 2016-05-12
Iraq's Parliament cancels its third session in a week to discuss political reforms as some MPs dispute the legitimacy of speaker Salim al-Jabouri to chair the meeting. Also, protesters gathered in the streets of Baghdad to protest the growing political deadlock in the country. 2016-04-16
A wave of bombings in the Iraqi capital Baghdad kills 53 people. 2014-02-27
18 people are killed and at least 36 wounded by twin bombings in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. 2011-10-27
At least three people are killed in an explosion in Baghdad, Iraq. 2010-10-27
The Iraqi Council of Representatives convenes in Baghdad three months after inconclusive elections. 2010-06-14
Two people are killed and six others are wounded during four explosions close to the entrance of the Iraqi central bank building in downtown Baghdad. 2010-06-13
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