More than 1,000 killed in Iraq in January

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 22:36

More than 1,000 people were killed in Iraq in January, figures showed on Saturday, as the country grapples with a surge in attacks and battles militants holding territory on Baghdad`s doorstep.

More than 1,000 killed in Iraq in January

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 03:14

More than 1,000 people were killed in Iraq in January, figures showed, as the country grapples with a surge in attacks and battles militants holding territory on Baghdad`s doorstep.

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.

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.

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.

Detained Iraqi Shi`ite militia chief threatens to kill politicians

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 21, 2014, 13:53

A Shi`ite militia leader arrested in Iraq after his group fired mortars into Saudi Arabia has said leaders of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki`s political bloc will be killed unless he is released within 24 hours.

Bombings kill 28 in Iraq as offensive continues

Last Updated: Monday, January 20, 2014, 18:38

A series of bombings in central Iraq killed 28 people on Monday, as a government official claimed that al Qaeda-linked fighters have dug in to a city they seized last month and possess enough heavy weapons to storm into the country`s capital.