Iraq

Over the past few days, we have been thrust into interesting times again

The rally marched towards US Consulate, the route to which was blocked by containers

Tehran says it would not respect any limits set down in the pact on the country’s nuclear work

Dr Firdous says foreign minister to brief parliament on Middle East situation

Foreign minister telephones his counterparts in Saudi Arabia, Iran, UAE and Turkey

US president tweeted that sites ‘important to Iranian culture’ were on list of 52 potential US targets

Baghdad also moves United Nations Security Council over US strikes that killed Iranian commander Soleimani

Experts say Islamabad has set certain red lines including not allowing its soil to be used against Iran

‘In the world of politics, all things affect each other’, says Iran’s FO spokesperson

Warning from Kataeb Hezbollah came as tens of thousands mourne death of Iran's Maj Gen Qasem Soleimani

Iraqi political leaders and clerics attend the mass ceremony to honour Gen Soleimani

US feared a backlash against its mission and bases in Iraq following killing of Iran’s top commander Soleimani

Hundreds of NATO personnel train Iraqi security forces at Baghdad’s request to prevent return of Da’ish

On Friday, the US military killed Soleimani in an airstrike which sparked fears of a new war in the Middle East

Thousands gather in Baghdad to mourn Soleimani, others killed in US air strike

Government urged to take diplomatic route due to Pakistan’s dependent economy

Soleimani’s assassination was the most dramatic escalation yet in spiralling tensions between Iran and the US

He was killed in a drone strike just outside the Baghdad airport shortly after flying in to meet with Iranian allies

Says ‘America won’t be able to avoid consequences of this wrong calculation easily’

“You will start the war but we will end it,” Qaseem Soleimani had told US President Trump

Top Iraqi commander Abu Mahdi al Muhandis, an adviser to Soleimani, was also killed in the attack

On Tuesday, hundreds of Hashed supporters stormed the high-security Green Zone and besieged the US embassy

Decision comes a day after protesters stormed American mission’s outer perimeter

Trump accused Iran of 'orchestrating' storming of the US embassy in Baghdad

US President Donald Trump says that Iran will pay a very big price

Iraqi supporters of pro-Iran factions protest at the embassy on Tuesday, chanting 'Death to America'

The attacks came as Iraq is caught up in mounting tensions between its allies Tehran and Washington

Says it affects the security, stability of Iraq

US ambassador to Iraq and other staff evacuated as thousands outside gate denounced US air strikes

At least 25 fighters were killed in Sunday night's attacks against a pro-Iran group

A barrage of 30 rockets was fired at a US military base in Kirkuk on Friday

Around 460 people have been killed since the protests began nearly three months ago, and some 25,000 have been wounded

Iran has dismissed such figures as ‘utter lies’

US has expressed mounting concern about the flurry of attacks on Iraqi bases used by US troops

At least 20 protesters and four police officers were killed in the melee

'You can never buy tribal groupings.'

Katyusha rockets fired at Balad airbase located about 64km north of Baghdad

In Iraq, one must remember that it was the US that backed Saddam Hussein

At least 420 have died in two months of violent unrest with thousands mourning them in nationwide marches

Protesters have hit the streets since early October in the largest grassroots movement Iraq has seen in decades

At least 436 people have died in less than two months according to medical and police sources

At least 230 protesters hurt in Nasiriyah, 350 in Najaf; death toll since Oct 1 now at 348 with 15,000 injured

Two sides lobbed molotov cocktails at each other from behind barricades set up in small alleyways

In the thick of the largest and deadliest grassroots protest movement

The cause of death in both cases was tear gas canisters aimed directly at the head

Young Iraqi woman received a wave of similar messages after hackers infiltrated her social media accounts

Iran and Iraq fought a devastating war from 1980 to 1988 and were ferocious foes under Saddam Hussein

As thousands came out across the country demanding a government overhaul

Iraq’s survival can only be guaranteed if the regime pays attention to the voices on the streets

The song captures the fatalistic sentiment many young Iraqis hold towards their violence-torn homeland