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Four people are killed during clashes between rival Shia Muslim fighters in Basra, Iraq, three days after 30 supporters of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr were killed during clashes in Baghdad.
2022-09-1

A suicide attack at an open market in Baghdad, Iraq, kills at least 32 people and injures 110 others. Attacks have been rare in the country since the 2017 military defeat of ISIL, making this incident one of the deadliest since then.
2021-01-21

Eight rockets are fired at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, prompting the activation of C-RAM air defences.
2020-12-20

A group of unknown assailants assassinate prominent Iraqi historian and government advisor Hisham al-Hashimi near his home in Zayouna, Baghdad. No group has claimed responsibility for his killing.
2020-07-6

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

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

A suicide bomber attacks a cafe in Baghdad, Iraq, killing 12 people and injuring another 38.
2014-03-20

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 fire at a prison in Baghdad, Iraq kills 8 and injures a further 31.
2011-09-19

Around 60 unsuccessful Iraqi asylum applicants are forcibly and controversially deported to Baghdad from Britain, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands. Amnesty International condemns the move as the deportees face violence and mutilation in that city.
2010-06-9