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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

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

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

Four protesters and two police officers are killed during clashes in Baghdad.
2020-01-20

At least two people are killed and dozens injured after Iraqi security forces fire upon protesters at Sinak bridge in central Baghdad.
2020-01-17

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

A series of bomb attacks around the Iraqi capital of Baghdad kills at least 18 people, including 7 policemen.
2011-05-22