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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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