Tag: baghdad
Mortars hit Baghdad, protests in south turn violent
BAGHDAD: Security forces have launched a search operation to determine the source of three mortar shells that landed inside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone,...
Election recount, Baghdad bomb fuel Iraq tensions
BAGHDAD: Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called on his followers on Thursday to remain calm after an explosion killed 18 people in his main stronghold...
Five dead in Baghdad cafe bombing
BAGHDAD: At least five people were killed and several others wounded when a suicide bomber struck a cafe in Baghdad where people had gathered...
French FM in Baghdad for talks over reconstruction of Iraq efforts
France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on Monday said that his country will continue support Iraq after the defeat of Islamic State (IS) and...
Iraqi forces take control of Kurdish-held areas in Mosul’s Niveveh’s province
BAGHDAD: The areas were evacuated by Kurdish Peshmerga fighters before the arrival of the Iraqi forces on Tuesday, the statement said. The Peshmerga had...
Baghdad accuses Kurds of ‘declaration of war’
BAGHDAD: Baghdad said on Sunday that foreign Kurdish forces were present in the province of Kirkuk in what amounted to a “declaration of war”, dramatically...
Car bomb blast in central Baghdad claims 3 lives: medics
BAGHDAD: A car bomb attack on a traffic police compound in central Baghdad the other day, killed at least three people and wounded seven,...
Baghdad blasts kill 29 as Mosul fighting intensifies
Three bombs killed 29 people in Baghdad on Saturday as fighting intensified in the northern city of Mosul, where Iraqi government forces are trying...
Central Baghdad blasts kill at least 28
Two bombs exploded in a busy market area in central Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 28 people and wounded at least 54, according...
Fearful Christmas in Baghdad after attacks on Christians
Christians in Baghdad celebrated Christmas on Sunday in a heightened state of fear after deadly attacks on Christian-owned shops that sell alcohol.
Two shops next...
Suicide bomber kills at least 31 at Baghdad Shi’ite gathering: police
A suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest in the middle of a Shi'ite Muslim gathering in Baghdad, killing at least 31 people and wounding...
Suicide bomber kills at least nine in Baghdad
A suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest in a predominately Shi'ite Muslim district of Baghdad on Tuesday The blast targeted a commercial street in...
At least 7 die in IS car bomb in Baghdad
A car bomb attack claimed by the Islamic State militant group killed at least seven people near a hospital in central Baghdad late Monday,...
Two killed, 11 injured in Baghdad explosions
Explosions rocked northeastern neighbourhoods of Baghdad on Friday, killing at least two people and wounding 11, police said.
It was not immediately clear what the...
11 newborns dead in Baghdad hospital blaze
At least 11 premature babies were killed Wednesday in a fire that tore through one of Baghdad’s largest maternity hospitals, medical and security sources...
Suicide car bomber kills at least 14 north of Baghdad: police
A suicide car bomber killed at least 14 people including women and children packed into a minibus at a checkpoint outside a central Iraqi...
12 killed in Baghdad suicide bombing: officials
A suicide bomber struck near a checkpoint in northern Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 12 people, Iraqi security and medical officials said.
The blast...
