Offstream
news

A drone attacks the home of prominent Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, leaving no casualties and causing minimal damage. The attack follows yesterday's incident in Baghdad when multiple protesters were fired upon and killed.
2019-12-7

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

Protesters demanding political reform leave Baghdad's Green Zone after camping for 24 hours in the heavily fortified government district. These activists, followers of Shi'ite Muslim cleric Muqtadā al-Ṣadr, support Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's anti-corruption proposals to replace party-affiliated ministers with technocrats. A grid-locked parliament has been unable to act on these changes.
2016-05-1

A suicide bomber kills at least nine people at a Shi'ite mosque in southwestern Baghdad. A second attacker was shot dead by security forces before he could detonate his explosives.
2016-04-22

Several attacks around Baghdad including bombings and shootings kill at least sixteen people.
2015-01-29

A car bombing in a busy street in Baghdad's largest Shi'ite neighbourhood kills at least 12 people.
2014-10-9

A suicide bomber detonates his vest inside of a Shiite mosque in Baghdad, Iraq, killing 13 people.
2014-08-25

At least 51 people are killed in a series of car bombings in Baghdad. [http:--www.modbee.com-2014-08-06-3474270-airstrike-kills-60-militants-in.html (AP via "Modesto Bee")]date=August 2019
2014-08-6

Gunmen attack a prisoner convoy north of Baghdad resulting in the death of 52 prisoners and eight Iraqi Army soldiers.
2014-07-24

Dozens of people are killed and more than 100 others are wounded by a series of bomb explosions in Baghdad, mostly near Shia mosques around the time of Jumu'ah
2010-04-23