On 28 February 2016, at least 70 people were killed and 60 wounded in Sadr City, a southern suburb of Baghdad, as two bombs went off at a crowded market...
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Sadr City (Arabic: مدينة الصدر, romanized: Madīnat aṣ-Ṣadr), formerly known as Al-Thawra (Arabic: الثورة, romanized: aṯ-Ṯawra) and Saddam City (Arabic:...
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(ISIS). The area of Sadr City saw repeated attacks targeting its Shia population. In February 2016 a pair of ISIL bombings in Sadr City killed 52 people...
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The siege of Sadr City was a blockade of the Shi'a district of northeastern Baghdad carried out by US and Iraqi government forces in an attempt to destroy...
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Mosque bombing 1 July 2006 Sadr City bombing 23 November 2006 Sadr City bombings 2007 Mustansiriya University bombings 22 January 2007 Baghdad bombings 3 February...
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Muqtada al-Sadr (Arabic: مقتدى الصدر, romanized: Muqtadā aṣ-Ṣadr; born 4 August 1974) is an Iraqi Shia Muslim cleric, politician and militia leader. He...
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slum of Saddam City, which by 1991 had a population of 1 million, and which was a stronghold of Shiite cleric Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr. Baghdad also...
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al-Askari Shrine bombing occurred on 22 February 2006 at approximately 6:44 a.m. local Iraqi time, and targeted the al-Askari Shrine in the city of Samarra...
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April 2007 Baghdad bombings were a series of attacks that occurred when five car bombs exploded across Baghdad, the capital city of Iraq, on 18 April...
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country. Notable events this year include: 2018 Baghdad bombings: On 15 January 2018, two suicide bombings took place at al-Tayaran Square of Baghdad, killing...
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List of major terrorist incidents (section 2016)
"After bombings in Baghdad kill 77, Sadr's forces deploy in some areas". Reuters. Amre Sarhan (17 May 2016). "Bomb blast kills 1 person, wounds another...
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mosque bombing 1 July 2006 Sadr City bombing 23 November 2006 Sadr City bombings 2007 Mustansiriya University bombings 22 January 2007 Baghdad bombings 3 February...
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The Qahtaniyah bombings occurred on August 14, 2007, when four coordinated suicide car bomb attacks detonated in the Yazidi towns of Til Ezer (al-Qahtaniyah)...
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Army (Arabic: جيش المهدي) was an Iraqi Shia militia created by Muqtada al-Sadr in June 2003 and disbanded in 2008. The Mahdi Army rose to international...
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Polisario Front proclaimed the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) on 27 February 1976, and waged a guerrilla war against both Morocco and Mauritania...
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Plant attack. May 17 - May 2016 Baghdad bombings. June 4 - Bombings in and around Baghdad kill 15. July 2 - Karrada bombings kill at least 308 people....
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Occupation of Iraq (2003–2011) (category Articles with dead external links from June 2016)
al-Sadr) ambushed a Coalition patrol guarding a trash collecting unit in Sadr-City resulting in the deaths of 8 soldiers. Several dozen of al-Sadr's followers...
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2005 Balad bombings 2005 Khanaqin bombings 5 January 2006 Iraq bombings 2006 al-Askari mosque bombing Buratha mosque bombing Sadr City bombings July November...
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15 May 2016. ABC News. "Wave of Bombings in Baghdad Kill 69". ABC News. Kareem Raheem (17 May 2016). "After bombings in Baghdad kill 77, Sadr's forces...
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1999 Shia uprising in Iraq (category February 1999 events in Iraq)
poor Shi'ites of Sadr City, yet another nickname for the Shi'ite neighbourhood in Baghdad, against Saddam and the Baath Party. Sadr gained the support...
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Political status of Western Sahara (section States supporting Polisario and the SADR on Western Sahara)
Suspension Of The "SADR"". Newswire. 20 July 2016. "Burundi Opens General Consulate in Laayoune". Morocco World News. 28 February 2020. "This year, the...
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Iraq War (category Articles with dead external links from June 2016)
replied, "one day". In late April roadside bombings continued to rise from a low in January – from 114 bombings to more than 250, surpassing the May 2007...
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"Islamic State claims huge truck bomb attack in Baghdad's Sadr City". Reuters. Retrieved April 15, 2022. "Rare IS group bombings in southern Iraq kill 33"....
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2008 Iraq spring fighting (category Articles with dead external links from September 2016)
so-called "rogue" elements of the militia and tensions were building. In February, Sadr extended the ceasefire even though many of his commanders were against...
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Iraq, bombings have killed thousands, including forces of U.S-led coalition, officials of Iraqi federal government and civilians. Suicide bombings have...
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minaret bombings and the February 2006 blasts, Haitham al-Badri, was killed in August 2007 by a U.S. airstrike. 2006 al-Askari mosque bombing 1994 Imam...
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List of neighborhoods and districts in Baghdad (category Articles with dead external links from June 2016)
Baghdad Airport Road Adhamiyah District Sha'ab City Shaab-Ur: North of Sadr City Hayy Ur Al-Wazireya (Waziriyah) Adhamiyah neighborhood Just outside the...
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2005) Deadly Bombings Hit Jordan Archived November 16, 2006, at the Wayback Machine – TheStreet.com (November 9, 2005) Jordan bombings kill 57, wound...
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Timeline of Baghdad (category Timelines of cities in Iraq)
bombing. 1 July: Sadr City bombing. 9 July: Hay al Jihad massacre. 23 November: Sadr City bombings. 2007 16 January: Mustansiriya University bombings...
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Tyre, Lebanon (redirect from Tyre (Phoenician city))
organisation of the vanished Imam Musa al-Sadr, which has been headed since his disappearance in 1978 by his sister Rabab al-Sadr. While the foundation operates...
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