Baghdad

37 killed as IS unleashes mortar bombs and suicide bombs on Iraqi shrine
Dozens of people have been killed in an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant suicide bomb, gun and mortar attack on a Shia shrine north of Iraq’s...
30 killed as IS unleashes mortar bombs and suicide bombs on Iraqi shrine
At least 30 people have been killed in an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant suicide bomb, gun and mortar attack on a Shia shrine north of Iraq’s...
Dozens killed as Islamic State hits back with suicide bombings in Baghdad
A spate of Islamic State suicide bombings have left 39 people dead in and around the Iraqi capital Baghdad.
Masked men kidnap 18 Turkish construction workers in Baghdad
Masked men in military uniforms kidnapped 18 Turkish employees of an Ankara-based construction company in Baghdad Wednesday, bundling them into several...
Spate of bombings kill 24 across Baghdad
A spate of bombings across Baghdad killed at least 24 people on Saturday, two days after the deadliest attack in the Iraqi capital since Prime Minister...
IS claims responsibility for Iraq truck bomb that killed more than 70 people
A massive truck bomb ripped through a popular Baghdad food market in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood in the early morning hours on Thursday, killing...
At least 60 killed and 200 injured in Baghdad food market truck bombing
A massive truck bomb ripped through a popular Baghdad food market in a predominantly Shiite neighbourhood in the early morning hours on Thursday, killing...
35 killed in Baghdad car bombings and suicide attacks
Car bombs and suicide attacks targeting mainly Shi'ite Muslim districts of Baghdad killed 35 people on Sunday, one of the heaviest recent tolls in the...
Iraqi fighter jet accidentally bombs Baghdad, 12 killed
An Iraqi fighter jet accidentally dropped a bomb on a Baghdad neighborhood Monday, killing at least 12 people on the ground, Iraqi officials said.
At least ten killed in car bombs at two Baghdad hotels
Car bombs at two hotels in Baghdad, the Iraqi capital, have killed at least 10 people, with dozens more wounded.
Thousands fleeing Islamic State are ‘barred from Baghdad’
Following the takeover of Ramadi, Baghdad is on high alert. Islamic State fighters have vowed to take the capital, and they are just 70 miles away.
Glamour over gloom as Baghdad hosts fashion show
Leggy models in designer clothes strutted down a catwalk in front of Baghdad’s high society Friday for a fashion show that tickled one generation’s...
Ahead of curfew ending, bombs kill 40 in Baghdad area
Baghdad’s decade-old nightly curfew ended after midnight Sunday, hours after bombs exploded in and around the Iraqi capital, killing at least 40...
Baghdad flights disrupted after bullet hits flydubai jet
A bullet hit the fuselage of a flydubai airliner on its descent into Baghdad, prompting a suspension of flights by UAE carriers to the Iraqi capital on...
IS leader Al Baghdadi’s wife and child ‘arrested at Syrian border’
The wife of the Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al Baghdadi and one of his children have been arrested at the Syrian border, according to Lebanese officials.
Baghdad ballet school hums along in spite of war
The Baghdad School of Music and Ballet has managed to survive decades of turmoil, a feat that speaks to the resilience of Baghdad’s residents through...
Islamic State, al-Qaeda close ranks against US, allies and rebels
Two Syrian opposition figures say the Islamic State (IS) group and an al-Qaeda branch met last week and agreed to work together against their opponents.
Iraqi officials say Islamic State leader wounded in airstrike
Iraqi officials said Sunday that the head of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was wounded in an airstrike in Iraq’s western Anbar province.
Car bombings in Iraq kill 38
Two car bombings in Iraq, including one where a suicide attacker drove a Humvee into a checkpoint manned by Iraqi troops and pro-government Shiite militiamen,...
28 killed and 60 injured by suicide bomber south of Baghdad
A suicide car bomber struck a checkpoint manned by Iraqi troops and pro-government Shi’ite militiamen south of Baghdad on Monday, killing at least...
Multiple bomb attacks in and around Baghdad leave 47 dead
Bombings and a mortar strike in Shi’ite Muslim parts of Baghdad and in the rural belt south of the capital killed at least 47 people on Thursday...
As Iraq comes undone, other crises muscle onto world stage
So dire is the situation in Baghdad that a knowledgeable source there says that top Iraqi military leaders “have their bags packed” in anticipation...
Suicide car bomb kills 23 in north Baghdad
A suicide driver has rammed his explosive-laden car into a police checkpoint in Baghdad, killing 23 people.
This caliph has swag: Baghdadi mocked for pricey timepiece
Eagle-eyed observers of the first sermon by the self-proclaimed “caliph” of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have noticed more...
After decades of violence, Baghdad residents have come to fear the worst
While the Iraqi capital is not under any immediate threat of falling to the Sunni militants, battlefield setbacks and the conflict’s growing sectarian...
Iraqi PM Maliki told to resign as Shia militia parade through Baghdad streets
The Islamic Army of Iraq, the Sunni group fighting alongside the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), has issued an ultimatum to Iraqi Prime Minister...
'Battle will rage in Baghdad': Militants surge towards capital
Militants who stormed cities in northern and central Iraq now plan to launch a wave of attacks on the capital Baghdad, their leader has reportedly warned.

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