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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

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

A truck bombing in Baghdad, Iraq kills at least 76 people and wounds 212 others. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility for the attack.
2015-08-13

Several attacks, including a suicide bombing, kill at least 22 in Baghdad, Iraq, in a predominantly Shiite part of the capital.
2015-02-9

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

A suicide bomber detonates a bomb in an oil tanker truck, killing 15 people in Baghdad, Iraq.
2013-11-6

A car bomb explodes in the southern Iraqi city of Hilla, killing at least 21 police officers and injuring 65; in northern Iraq and in Baghdad, four people are killed in other attacks.
2011-05-5

A suicide bomber attacks a Shia pilgrimage in Baghdad, Iraq killing at least 41 and wounding 174.
2010-07-7

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

A female suicide bomber kills 41 people and injures a further 106 in an attack in the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
2010-02-1