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.

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.

Bombing in northern Iraq city kills 19

Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 01:53

A truck packed with explosives blew up in a city north of Baghdad n Thursday, killing at least 19 people, as security forces and allied tribesman battled to put down an uprising by al Qaeda-linked militants who overran police stations in several Sunni cities.

Iraq forces battle Qaeda-linked militants in western cities

Last Updated: Friday, January 3, 2014, 01:32

Iraqi forces backed by tribesmen battled jihadists on Thursday after they seized parts of two Sunni-majority cities following days of violence triggered by the demolition of a year-old protest camp.

Market bombing, spate of attacks kill 40 in Iraq

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 15:52

Attacks, including bombs that exploded in a market near a church in Baghdad, killed at least 40 people across Iraq on Wednesday, officials said.

Al Qaeda group claims attack on Iraq TV station

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 18:37

An al Qaeda-linked militant group claimed an attack on an Iraqi television station headquarters that killed five journalists, while the UN envoy on Tuesday condemned the targeting of media in Iraq.

Bomb hits Iraq Defence Minister`s convoy, wounds two

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 16:50

A bomb struck the acting Iraqi defence minister`s convoy west of Baghdad on Tuesday, wounding two of his guards, the ministry said.

Six killed as gunmen attack media offices in Iraq

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 02:45

At least two staffers and four suicide bombers were killed Monday in an attack against two media offices in Iraq`s Salahudin province, Xinhua reported.

Iraq general among 15 soldiers killed in raid on Qaeda

Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 10:33

Five senior Iraqi officers, including a divisional commander, and 10 soldiers were killed on Saturday in a raid on an al Qaeda hideout in the west of the country, military officers said.

Iraq faces surge in violence two years after US pullout

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 12:01

Two years after US troops departed, Iraqi security forces are struggling to curb violence that has reached a level not seen since 2008, near the height of America`s military presence.

Bombs, suicide attacks in Iraq kill at least 21

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 13:15

Suicide attacks and bombings across Iraq killed at least 21 people on Monday, medical and police sources said, the latest in a series of attacks that has brought violence in Iraq to its highest level in five years.