18 killed in Iraq violence

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 05:49

At least 18 people were killed, including 10 al Qaeda militants, and 59 wounded in violent attacks across Iraq Tuesday, police said.

Gunmen kill 7 police in attack on Iraq checkpoint

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 01:19

Gunmen attacked a police checkpoint north of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, killing seven including a captain, a police officer and a doctor said.

Iraq tribal leader says Qaeda fighters have quit Fallujah

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 21:44

Al Qaeda-linked fighters have departed Iraq`s Fallujah and it is now in the hands of Sunni tribesmen, a senior tribal sheikh said on Monday.

Iraq at crossroads between reconciliation and war: Analysts

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 18:48

An intensifying revolt in a Sunni Arab province of Iraq sparked by the Shiite-led government`s dispersal of a year-old protest leaves the country at the crossroads between reconciliation and civil war, analysts say.

Iraq PM Nuri al-Maliki urges Fallujah residents to drive away Qaeda militants

Last Updated: Monday, January 6, 2014, 09:34

As Iraqi military bombarded the city of Fallujah to drive away the al Qaeda-linked militants who have seized parts of Anbar province, residents fled the country.

Bombings kill at least 15 in Iraq capital: Officials

Last Updated: Sunday, January 5, 2014, 21:23

A series of bombings killed at least 15 people in Baghdad on Sunday, officials said, as militants held a major city and part of another west of the Iraqi capital.

Bombings kill 20 in Iraqi capital Baghdad

Last Updated: Sunday, January 5, 2014, 19:57

A new wave of bombings hit Iraq`s capital, Baghdad, killing at least 20 people today, officials said, the latest assault by militants who have been fighting Iraqi security forces and allied tribes in country`s west.

Iraq PM vows to eliminate `all terrorist groups` in Anbar

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.

Iraq PM vows to eliminate `all terrorist groups` in Anbar

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.

Iraqi army shells Falluja to try to dislodge Qaeda, tribes

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.

Fallujah outside Iraq government control: Security official

Last Updated: Saturday, January 4, 2014, 14:39

The Iraqi government has lost control of the city of Fallujah, which is now held by al Qaeda-linked militants, a senior security official in Anbar province said on Saturday.

More than 100 die as Iraq forces battle Qaeda

Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 22:48

More than 100 people were killed Friday as Iraqi police and tribesmen battled al Qaeda-linked militants who took over parts of two Anbar provincial cities, announcing one an Islamic state.