The Latest Breaking News from Baghdad

Nine rockets landed on Thursday around the Iraqi capital's Green Zone, home to government buildings and foreign missions, the military said. Around 10 people were injured in the attack. Similar attacks took place last month as the parliament was holding a vote to confirm its speaker. According to media reports,…

Parliament convenes for vote to elect a new president after several rockets land in and around the fortified area.

Iraqi security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades to disperse stone-throwing protesters in clashes that wounded scores near Baghdad's Tahrir Square, where hundreds marked Saturday's anniversary of anti-government unrest in 2019. At least 64 people were wounded, including 26 members of the security forces, according to medical and security…

Demonstrators and security forces clash during rally remembering the uprising three years ago.

Iraqi security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades on Saturday to disperse stone-throwing protesters in clashes that wounded scores off Baghdad's Tahrir Square, where hundreds marked the anniversary of anti-government unrest in 2019.

Iranian artillery on Thursday resumed attacking civilian sites north of the city of Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. The renewed Iranian shelling hit the Sidekan sub-district of the Soran region. “The attack targeted the Saqar and Barzini regions in Sidekan,” said Ihsan Shalabi, Sidekan’s mayor. “It did not result…

Four rockets landed around Iraqi government buildings, a day after an attempted storming of Iraq’s parliament.

Four rockets fired from eastern Baghdad on Thursday landed around the Iraqi capital's Green Zone, home to government buildings and foreign missions, police said, as political unrest intensified.

Backers of Shia religious leader Muqtada al-Sadr have tried to march towards the Iraqi parliament.