Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 20:59
Iran is ready to provide military aid to the Iraqi army to help it in the fight against al Qaeda affiliated groups if the Arab country asks for such a help from Tehran, a senior defence official has said.
Last Updated: Saturday, January 4, 2014, 21:32
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki vowed Saturday to eliminate "all terrorist groups" in Iraq`s Anbar province, where militants have seized all of one city and parts of another.
Last Updated: Saturday, January 4, 2014, 18:12
The Iraqi army shelled the western city of Falluja with mortar bombs overnight to try to wrest back control from Sunni Muslim militants and tribesmen, killing at least eight people, tribal leaders and officials said on Saturday.
Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 10:39
As many as 8,868 people were killed due to widespread violence in Iraq in 2013, of them 759 dying in December alone, the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) has revealed.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 31, 2013, 05:33
As many as 44 members of Iraqi parliament announced their resignation Monday to protest against the government`s latest moves on Sunni Arabs, including the demolition of a protest site and the arrest of a Sunni parliamentarian in the Anbar province.
Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 01:53
The mother of a young Iraqi television presenter who was shot dead in the northern city of Mosul met and forgave her killer, saying he sent her daughter to paradise.
Last Updated: Wednesday, November 13, 2013, 14:16
Ashura is an annual mourning period during which Shia Muslims commemorate the martyrdo of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad at the Battle of Karbala, Iraq.
Last Updated: Sunday, October 27, 2013, 17:01
An Iranian state-owned newspaper is reporting that the country`s Revolutionary Guards force has clashed with a Kurdish rebel group near the Iraqi border, killing three.
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 20:34
Militants shot down an Iraqi military helicopter on Wednesday, killing four security forces members, as nine people died in other violence, officials said.
Last Updated: Thursday, September 19, 2013, 23:42
Tens of thousands of security forces in Iraq`s self-ruled northern Kurdish region flocked on Thursday to polling centers to vote, two days ahead of the area`s fourth election for local parliament since 1992.
Last Updated: Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 14:48
Sixteen Iraqis were killed and 20 more wounded today when their bus crashed as they were travelling in western Iran, ISNA news agency reported.
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