Consumed by Islamic State, Iraq's Anbar province a key battleground again

In recent weeks, the world has watched the battle to save Syria’s border town of Kobani from Islamic State. But the radical jihadists have f...

10/21/2014

Iraqi militia vows to attack US interests if Syria hit

An Iraqi Shiite militia group on Friday threatened to attack U.S. interests in the Mideast if America launches a military strike on Syria. ...

8/30/2013

Suicide bombers, gunmen kill 23 in northern Iraq

A bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a police patrol, killing one officer and three civilian bystanders, in just one of the attacks...

6/22/2013

Iraq ‘to respond’ if Israel attempts to use its airspace in Iran strike

Baghdad has warned Israel that it would respond to any attempts by Israel to use Iraqi airspace for a strike against Iran's nuclear prog...

6/03/2013

Turkey conducts air reconnaissance in northern Iraq

ANKARA, June 3 - Turkish armed forces announced on Monday that it has performed air reconnaissance in 62 spots in northern Iraq to examine...

6/03/2013

Iraq captures suspected al-Qaida chemical gas team

Iraq said it caught a suspected al-Qaida cell that planned poison gas attacks in Iraq, Europe and the United States. Detainees suspe...

6/03/2013

Iraq:13 killed,72 wounded in Iraq car bombings

BAGHDAD, May 20 - At least 13 people were killed and 72 wounded in a series of car bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad and the sou...

5/20/2013

8 killed, 8 policemen kidnapped in Iraq's violence

RAMADI, Iraq, May 18 - Eight people were killed in separate attacks across Iraq on Saturday, while gunmen kidnapped eight policemen in the ...

5/18/2013

47 killed outside Baghdad as bombers target mosque,funeral procession

Forty-seven killed outside Baghdad as bombers target mosque, funeral procession. At least 41 people have been killed and 57 wounded in ...

5/17/2013

8 killed, 25 wounded in bombing at funeral in Iraq

BAGHDAD, May 17 - At least eight people were killed and 25 others wounded on Friday in a roadside bomb attack at a funeral in Iraq, an Inte...

5/17/2013

35 killed, 45 injured in blasts in eastern Iraq's Diyala: official

BAGHDAD, May 17 - At least 35 people were killed and 45 others injured in two blasts, which hit almost simultaneously on Friday in Baquba, ...

5/17/2013

At least 35 killed, 134 wounded in attacks across Iraq

BAGHDAD, May 15 - At least 35 people were killed and 134 others wounded in violent attacks across Iraq on Wednesday, including a wave of ca...

5/15/2013

9 killed, 65 wounded in car bombings in Iraqi capital

BAGHDAD, May 15 - At least nine people were killed and 65 others wounded as six car bombings struck the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Wednesd...

5/15/2013

Iraq 10 years on: ‘Roadblocks, checkpoints, blasts and constant danger’

Stability is something people are still waiting for in Iraq – ten years after the US-led invasion. The promised stability is nowhere to ...

4/09/2013