Rockets hit Baghdad airport, no casualties

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 18:40

Two rockets hit the Baghdad airport complex on Saturday but did not cause any damage or casualties, the head of the Iraqi civil aviation authority said.

Iraq militants storm govt building in Baghdad, 24 killed

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 15:44

Militants stormed an office of Iraq`s human rights ministry in northeast Baghdad on Thursday and took a number of civil servants hostage, security officials said.

Baghdad bombs, shooting kill 19; death toll in Jan hits 1000

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 11:09

No group claimed responsibility for the blasts, but members of the country`s Shi`ite majority are often targeted by Sunni Islamist insurgents, some linked with al Qaeda, who have regained ground in Iraq over the past year.

Arming Syrian rebels means supporting terrorism in Iraq: Al-Maliki

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 06:52

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said that providing arms to rebels in Syria would only mean sending weapons to terrorists in the country.

Bombings, shooting kill 20 people in Iraq

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 01:53

Car bombs and a shooting, mainly in Shi`ite areas, killed 20 people in the Iraqi capital, officials said.

Iraq officials: Attacks kill 8, including 4 troops

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 20:37

Officials say a suicide bomber has killed four Iraqi troops west of Baghdad while attacks elsewhere in the country killed four people.

Attacks push Iraq death toll to 26: Officials

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 17:07

The protracted surge in nationwide unrest, coupled with a deadly standoff in Anbar province between security forces and anti-government fighters, has left more than 850 people dead so far this month.

Iraqi planes, artillery strike rebel-held Falluja

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 04:18

Iraqi government forces battling al Qaeda-linked militants intensified air strikes and artillery fire on the rebel-held city of Falluja on Sunday, and at least seven people were killed, according to hospital officials and tribal leaders.

Militants `capture soldiers` as Iraq unrest kills 12

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 21:35

Militants appeared to have taken five Iraqi soldiers captive near Fallujah, according to witnesses and online videos, while violence elsewhere killed 12 people amid a nationwide surge in unrest.

45 killed in fresh Iraq violence

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 00:17

A total of 45 people were killed and 54 wounded in a string of attacks in different parts of Iraq Saturday, including shelling and clashes in the volatile Anbar province, security and medical sources said.

Iraq unrest: 140,000 people displaced, says UN

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 15:44

A United Nation report claims that nearly 140,000 people had fled the two cities - Fallujah and Ramadi - of Iraq since December when violence erupted between Iraqi troops and al Qaeda-linked militants.

Iraq violence kills 19 as January toll tops 800

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 13:44

Shelling and bombings across Iraq killed 19 people today as militants blew up a key bridge linking the capital to the north, the latest in a surge of violence.