Baghdad

Car bombs rock two upmarket Baghdad hotels, five dead

BAGHDAD: Car bombs ripped through car parks at two high-profile Baghdad hotels on Thursday that… Read More

Car bombs, suicide attack kill at least 22 in Iraq

BAGHDAD: At least 22 people were killed in explosions across Iraq on Sunday, including a… Read More

Islamic State takes military barracks, dam in Iraq’s Anbar: sources

BAGHDAD: Islamic State militants in Iraq took partial control of a water dam and military… Read More

Iraqi forces fight to rout Islamic State militants from Ramadi

BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces fought to rout Islamic State militants from the western city of… Read More

Ramadi exodus compounds Iraq humanitarian crisis

BAGHDAD: Some pushed wheelbarrows piled high with their belongings across the only bridge to Baghdad.… Read More

Iraqi forces retake most of Iraq’s largest refinery: officials

BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces retook most of the country's largest refinery from Islamic State on Saturday,… Read More

Shi’ite fighters leave Tikrit after looting: Iraqi officials

BAGHDAD: Almost all Shi'ite paramilitaries had left Tikrit on Saturday after locals complained that some… Read More

Iraq request for U.S.-led Tikrit air strikes 'imminent': diplomat

BAGHDAD: Iraq's request to the U.S.-led coalition for air strikes in the campaign to retake… Read More

Iraqi Kurds say Islamic State used chlorine gas against them

ARBIL, Iraq: Iraqi Kurdish authorities said on Saturday they had evidence that Islamic State had… Read More

Iraqi troops pause, await back-up in Tikrit battle

BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces and mainly Shi'ite militiamen battling to wrest full control of the city… Read More

Iraqi forces push into Tikrit, bombers hit Ramadi

BAGHDAD: Iraqi security forces and militias fought their way into Saddam Hussein's home city of… Read More

Islamic State says it has killed three for homosexuality, blasphemy

BAGHDAD: Islamic State militants said on Tuesday they had killed two men in northern Iraq… Read More

Iraqi troops, militia retake strategic town north of Tikrit

BAGHDAD: Iraqi troops and militias drove Islamic State militants out of the town of al-Alam… Read More

Advancing Iraq troops enter strategic town on edge of Tikrit

BAGHDAD: Iraqi government forces and Iran-backed militiamen entered a town on the southern outskirts of… Read More

Islamic State torches oil field near Tikrit as militia advance

BAGHDAD: Islamic State militants have set fire to oil wells northeast of the city of… Read More

Iraqi forces try to seal off Islamic State around Tikrit

BAGHDAD: Thousands of Iraqi soldiers and Shi'ite militiamen sought to seal off Islamic State fighters… Read More

Iraq army and Shi'ite militias launch attacks north of Baghdad

BAGHDAD: Iraq's armed forces, backed by Shi'ite militia, attacked Islamic State strongholds north of Baghdad… Read More

Iraq to track down antiquities after Islamic State museum rampage

BAGHDAD: Islamic State militants who destroyed priceless antiquities from the northern Iraqi city of Mosul… Read More

Wave of bombings in Baghdad kills 37 people

BAGHDAD: A wave of bomb attacks around Baghdad killed 37 people and wounded dozens more… Read More

Special Report: How Iran's military chiefs operate in Iraq

BAGHDAD: The face stares out from multiple billboards in central Baghdad, a grey-haired general casting… Read More