Iraq

"The hour has come and the moment of great victory is near," says Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi

About 30 people were also injured in the terrorist attack claimed by Islamic State in an online statement

Imam Hussain's death was part of a dispute over who should succeed the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)

Last week Turkish parliament extended a mandate allowing military operations against terrorist organizations in Iraq

Says airport was built by ancient Sumerians who used it to travel to Pluto in spaceships

'I have shrapnel in my head and legs, my ribs were broken, but all that didn't stop me from fighting'

Islamic State has intensified bomb attacks in government-held areas of Iraq this year

It was the first such assault since Tikrit was retaken from the ultra-hardline extremist group in April 2015

It wasn’t revenge: Iraq did not attack America. Afghanistan did not attack America

Trump argued Iraqi oil proceeds allowed IS to sustain itself

The number of US troops in country had grown from about 4,000 a week ago to 4,460 today

Alrobot — Arabic for robot — can be operated by laptop and radio link from as far as one kilometer

Only seven babies could be saved and were taken to another ward in the Iraqi capital

In the interim, Iraqis will have to live with a parliament they neither believe in nor trust

Islamic State's grip on some towns has been broken, but it still controls Mosul in Iraq and Raqqa in Syria

Obeidi said the biggest challenge will be protecting civilians, who he said number around 2 million

The reason it took so long is likely the widespread corruption in the government

A police officer at the scene said most of the victims died inside their vehicles

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but IS carries out frequent suicide bombings

Allied air power and military trainers are helping Iraqi government, Kurdish militia and Syrian anti-IS fighters

The Iraq donor meeting of 24 countries is being co-hosted by US, Canada, Germany, Japan, Kuwait and the Netherlands

The new troop deployment would raise the number of US forces to around 4,650, far below the peak of about 170,000

Although protests over the past year have resulted in repeated promises of reform, little progress has been made

Evolution of pro-Saddam elements into deadly militia led by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi began with invasion of Iraq in 2003

A heat-seeking missile also strikes the Humvee armoured vehicle

Sutton had told airport staff she had no money, before becoming noticeably upset and going into the airport toilets

Baghdad is on high alert for attacks after blast in the central Karrada district on July 3 killed at least 292 people

His trip comes two days after Iraq announced the recapture of a base to the south of Mosul

Number of children currently working has doubled since 1990, the year when Iraq attacked Kuwait

Mortar assault launched before suicide bombers blew up.

It will help strengthen country’s finances, maintain peg of Iraqi currency to US dollar

The war saw 46,000 British troops deployed, mostly in southern Iraq around the strategic oil hub of Basra

Iraqis voice anger at the government’s inability to keep residents safe.

The bombardment caused major destruction in the camp, including fires and deep craters

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi vowed 'punishment' for those responsible, declared three days of mourning

The blast hit the Karrada district early Sunday as the area was packed with shoppers ahead of Eid holidays

The blast hit the Karrada neighbourhood in the early hours of the day

More than 85,000 people fled their homes during a month-long campaign that ended on Sunday

The attack on the mosque in Abu Ghraib, which also wounded at least 28 people, took place during evening prayers

ISIS has subjected Yazidi woman, child or man that it has captured to the most horrific of atrocities, says official

More than 20 people were killed and about 50 injured in three bombings that hit Baghdad

Fallujah is one of the two remaining major Iraqi cities still controlled by IS

Supporters of cleric Moqtada al-Sadr broke into the Green Zone and stormed the premier's office on Friday

Whenever a media outlet focuses on a problem, they order it to be shut down said head of the Iraqi journalist watchdog

A spokesman for the Operations Command said 3 of the facility's gas storage spaces were set alight amid the violence.

Security officials say several women and children were among the victims

All entrances of Baghdad were shut as a precautionary measure to maintain the capital's security

A guard at a checkpoint said the protesters had not been searched before entering

The bomb was left on a road in the Nahrawan area used by the pilgrims in northern Baghdad for annual commemorations

It was the first visit for Biden, since US forces withdrew in 2011 after nearly nine years of occupation