Last Updated: Tuesday, December 24, 2013, 00:48
A new wave of attacks across Iraq including an attack on a TV station killed at least 26 people as government pressed on with its offensive to hunt down al-Qaeda-linked militants.
Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 15:25
Militants detonated a car bomb at the city council headquarters in Iraq`s Tikrit on Monday, and then occupied the building, police officers said.
Last Updated: Thursday, July 25, 2013, 16:51
The killings took place near the town of Sulaiman Pek, 160 km (100 miles) north of Baghdad.
Last Updated: Friday, September 28, 2012, 09:07
Qutaiba al-Jubouri said a total of 81 inmates, including some who had been sentenced to death, managed to escape but that 36 of them were quickly recaptured.
Last Updated: Thursday, July 28, 2011, 15:50
Violence in Iraq has dropped sharply from the height of sectarian killing in 2006-2007.
Last Updated: Wednesday, March 30, 2011, 10:38
Security forces stormed the provincial council building in former dictator Saddam Hussein`s hometown of Tikrit on Tuesday after an hours-long shootout with gunmen that left 58 dead and 97 wounded.
Last Updated: Wednesday, January 19, 2011, 00:37
The blast was the deadliest to hit Iraq since an Oct 31 siege at a Baghdad church that left 53 dead.
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