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One protester is killed and dozens are injured after police attack protesters gathered at Baghdad's Tahrir Square in the evening, where hundreds marched to demand the end of targeted killings of prominent journalists and activists.
2021-05-25

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

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

Iraqi security forces raid a protest site in Baghdad and try to remove protesters in southern cities, firing tear gas and live bullets, killing four and wounding dozens more. The raid comes after Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers to withdraw.
2020-01-25

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