Iraq
More News
-
Bahrain seizes arms, arrests suspects for 'Iran and Iraq links'
Cache included a tonne and a half of C4 explosives and other explosive material
-
Turks kidnapped in Baghdad appear in video promising their release
In video, one of the Turks reads statement in Arabic, saying captors had treated them humanely
-
Iraqis buy life jackets for trip to Europe's distant shores
Smugglers may not provide enough life jackets and they are said to be much cheaper in Iraq than in Turkey
-
Migrants settle scores with Hungarian police
I hate you, Hungary, shouts an Iraqi migrant, Hussan, clutching a stone, rushing to attack the Hungarian police
-
Two of 18 kidnapped Turkish workers freed in Iraq
Kidnapping group says Turkey must order rebel forces to stop besieging four Shia villages in northern Syria
-
Militants claim kidnapping of 18 Turks in Baghdad: video
Dozens of Turks have been kidnapped in Iraq by IS over the past 18 months and later released
-
Qatar appoints first ambassador to Iraq in 25 years
Saudi Arabia also signalled its intention to reopen an embassy in Baghdad and has invited Abadi to visit the kingdom
-
Iraq's deputy justice minister kidnapped in Baghdad
There was no immediate claim of responsibility
-
Iraq's top Shia cleric calls for corrupt officials to be prosecuted
Sistani urges Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to take stronger stance against corruption and mismanagement
-
Suicide bomber kills two Iraqi generals in Anbar
The bomber killed major general and a staff brigadier, says military spokesman
-
Dubai's Emirates Airline to resume flights to Baghdad
Emirates will operate four weekly flights from Dubai to Baghdad, served by an A330-200 aircraft
-
Iraqi panel finds Maliki, others responsible for fall of Mosul
Indictment of Maliki, other senior officials comes a week after PM launched a sweeping campaign to combat corruption
-
Baghdad car bomb kills 11: officials
Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack and said more than 20 people were killed
-
Market truck bomb kills at least 60 in Baghdad's Sadr City
A refrigerator truck packed with explosives blew up inside Jamila market at around 6am, police say
-
Islamic State executes 19 girls in Mosul for 'refusing to have sex with fighters'
Group tells the girls' families not to expect their bodies for burial
-
Britain extends Iraq air strikes mission by a year
UK's Tornado jets are carrying out air strikes, reconnaissance and surveillance over Iraq as part of US-led operations
-
Turkey launches heaviest air strikes yet on PKK, stoking Kurdish ire
PM Ahmet Davutoglu's office says strikes hit Kurdistan Workers Party targets including shelters, depots and caves
-
Iraqi militia leader says US not serious about fighting Islamic State
Qais al-Khazali says anti-IS campaign had failed because of US agenda to redraw map of Middle East along new borders
-
Iraq bomb attacks kill at least 30
The deadliest of the attacks was in the Iraqi capital's eastern district of Baghdad al Jadida
-
Toll soars to 90 after IS car bomb guts Iraq town
The crater left in the main street of the town's central Al-Khan neighbourhood was about five metres wide and two deep
-
Government works on plan to automate Sukkur Barrage gates
Sukkur Barrage road bridge closed for repairs amid plans to modernise the structure and automate the gates.