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A suicide car bomb kills at least 21 people and wounds more than 32 at the entrance to Al Khalis, northeast of Baghdad. Most died inside their vehicles while waiting to enter the town.
2016-07-25

At least 35 people are killed and 60 others injured in an attack on a Shiite mausoleum located in north of Baghdad. Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant have claimed responsibility.
2016-07-7

An Australian security contractor is killed outside the Australian embassy in Baghdad. There are unconfirmed reports that he was shot.
2016-05-13

At least 64 people are killed and 87 injured in a bomb attack on a market in Sadr City, Baghdad. Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) claims responsibility.
2016-05-11

Iraqi officials declare a state of emergency for all of Baghdad after protesters loyal to popular Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr stormed into Iraq’s parliament in the Green Zone.
2016-04-30

During a visit to Baghdad, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter announces that the United States will be sending more troops to the country to help in the fight against ISIL. The U.S. also plans to give Kurdish Peshmerga forces, which are fighting ISIL on the ground, more than $400m (£280m; €350m) in assistance.
2016-04-18

Two ISIL suicide bombers attack a Shiite mosque in Baghdad, killing at least 15 people.
2016-02-25

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant claims responsibility for a suicide bomb attack on an Iraqi Army base (Camp Speicher, now known as Tikrit Air Academy), near the town of Tikrit, north of Baghdad, that killed at least 15 and injured 22.
2016-01-3

Masked men in military uniforms kidnap 16 Turkish workers in Baghdad.
2015-09-2

6 civilians are wounded in an explosion apparently targeting the Shiite politician Mowaffak al-Rubaie near a fuel station in Sa'doun Street, Baghdad.
2010-09-26