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`Diabolical` Arab countries behind Iraq strife: Maliki

Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 20:03

Iraq PM Nuri al-Maliki blamed "diabolical" and "treacherous" Arab countries for a protracted surge in nationwide violence in a speech on Sunday, but stopped short of naming individual countries.

Jordan ready to train Iraqi troops on its territory

Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 16:28

Jordan is ready to host a US training programme for Iraqi troops to help counter a resurgence of al Qaeda-linked militants in its neighbour, a minister said in remarks published on Sunday.

Toll from wave of Baghdad bombs up to 25 dead

Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 15:17

The toll from a wave of bombings across Baghdad has risen to at least 25 dead, security and medical officials said, the latest in a surge of unrest.

20 killed in wave of Baghdad attacks

Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 02:34

Attacks across Baghdad, including car bombs at an up-scale shopping mall and near a juvenile detention centre, killed 20 people today as rising violence fuels fears of all-out sectarian war.

Clashes, bombings kill 6 people in Iraq

Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 00:31

Iraqi authorities say clashes between militants and government troops as well as two bombings at marketplaces have killed six people.

Islamist militants strengthen grip on Iraq``s Falluja

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 17:30

Al Qaeda and other insurgent groups have tightened their grip on Falluja, defying the Shi`ite-led Iraqi government`s efforts to persuade local tribesmen to expel them from the Sunni Muslim city, residents and officials say.

US to ship more ammunition and arms to embattled Iraq

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 06:11

Pentagon says it will soon deliver to Iraq another installment of small arms and ammunition requested by Baghdad as it battles al-Qaida militants for control of Fallujah and cities in Anbar province.

Iraqi FM warns against `poisonous` extremism in Syria

Last Updated: Saturday, January 18, 2014, 05:41

Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said on Friday that efforts to stop the civil war in Syria must tackle the "poisonous" extremism and sectarianism threatening the region.

Looted Iraqi museum hopes to reopen, minus many relics

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 15:52

A decade on from the 2003 US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein and whipped up a tsunami of theft in Baghdad, Iraq`s National Museum is preparing to display its treasures of Mesopotamian culture - even if thousands are missing.

Suicide bomber kills three in Iraq`s Anbar

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 15:38

A suicide bomber targeting tribal militia fighting alongside Iraqi security forces in Sunni Arab-majority areas west of Baghdad killed three people, officials said.

Suicide bomber kills three in Iraq`s Anbar

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 14:18

A suicide bomber targeting tribal militia fighting alongside Iraqi security forces in Sunni Arab-majority areas west of Baghdad killed three people late on Thursday, officials said.

Bodies of 14 kidnapped Sunni tribesmen found in Iraq

Last Updated: Friday, January 17, 2014, 07:50

Bodies of 14 Sunni Muslim tribesmen were found in date palm groves north of Baghdad, a day after they were kidnapped by uniformed men in security forces vehicles, Iraqi police and medics said.