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Unidentified gunmen using grenades and automatic weapons attacked an army post in western Baghdad, killing 11 people, including soldiers. Both the military and police have launched a manhunt for the gunmen.
2020-11-9

Iraqi security forces clear the camps set up by protesters in Baghdad's Tahrir Square and re-open a major bridge that connects to the Green Zone.
2020-10-31

Thousands of Iraqis take to the streets in Baghdad and major southern cities, including Basra and Najaf, to both mark the anniversary of the protests and renew calls to end corruption. Security forces in central Baghdad threw tear gas to prevent marchers from crossing strategic bridges, injuring at least six, and around 43 officers were injured after protesters threw Molotov cocktails at them.
2020-10-25

Two protesters in Baghdad are killed by Iraqi security forces when they are hit by teargas canisters in the head and on the neck; the forces also opened fire at demonstrators in Tahrir Square. The protesters were protesting power cuts in the midst of a heatwave. It was the first major spate of violence at the Square in months. Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi condemns the killings and orders an investigation.
2020-07-27

Amid further heavy clashes in Baghdad rockets hit the United States embassy injuring at least one.
2020-01-26

Hundreds of thousands march in Baghdad to protest the presence of the United States in Iraq.
2020-01-24

Gunmen in vehicles open fire on protesters in Baghdad, killing over 19 and injuring around 70 others. Three of the dead were Iraqi police. The victims were either stabbed or shot.
2019-12-6

Gunmen break into the home of an anti-terrorism police officer in the Baghdad suburbs, killing him and his family.
2013-05-18

Iraqi police raid the Sayidat al-Nejat Catholic Church in the Karrada district of Baghdad where gunmen were holding a hundred hostages resulting in seven hostages being killed and twenty injured.
2010-10-31

At least twelve people die when gunmen try to rob jewellery shops in Baghdad, Iraq and get into a gunfight with security, police and military.
2010-10-17