Iraq

Sadr followers storm into Baghdad’s Green Zone, political crisis deepens

BAGHDAD: Hundreds of supporters of Shi'ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stormed into Baghdad's Green Zone… Read More

Car bomb in eastern Baghdad kills at least 11, sources say

BAGHDAD: A car bomb exploded in a predominantly Shi'ite Muslim district of eastern Baghdad on… Read More

12 dead in Baghdad blasts as ISIS claims responsibility

Baghdad: At least 12 people were killed on Saturday in two separate car bomb attacks… Read More

Kerry urges Iraq not to let politics impede war against IS

BAGHDAD: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, visiting Baghdad on Friday, urged Iraq not to… Read More

Suicide bombings, mortar fire kill 12 in Iraq: officials

BAGHDAD: Three suicide bombers targeting Iraqi forces and mortar fire that struck houses near Baghdad… Read More

Suicide bomber kills three in Iraq capital: officials

BAGHDAD: A suicide bomber detonated an explosive belt in central Baghdad on Tuesday morning, killing… Read More

Football pitch suicide attack kills 30 south of Baghdad

BAGHDAD: A suicide bomber blew himself up on a football pitch as trophies were being… Read More

Turkish military strikes PKK in northern Iraq, kills 24 militants

DIYARBAKIR, TURKEY: Turkish warplanes struck Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) targets in northern Iraq and killed… Read More

Wounded in bombing, Iraq girl now rising table tennis star

BAQUBA: Twelve-year-old Iraqi Nejla Imad holds a white table tennis ball against her bat with… Read More

Turkish air strikes kill 67 Kurdish militants in north Iraq: army

ANKARA: Turkey's army said on Saturday it killed 67 Kurdish militants in air strikes on… Read More

Islamic State used “poisonous substances” in village shelling -officials

KIRKUK: More than 40 people suffered partial choking and skin irritation in northern Iraq when… Read More

U.S. expects to give Iraq more support for Mosul fight: U.S. defense chief

WASHINGTON: Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Monday the U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State rebels… Read More

At least 31 killed in Islamic State-claimed Baghdad bombings

BAGHDAD: Bombings claimed by the Islamic State group killed at least 31 people in a… Read More

Iraq’s new ambassador to Pakistan calls on PM’s special assistant

ISLAMABAD: The newly appointed Ambassador of Iraq to Pakistan Dr. Ali Yassin Mohammed Karim called… Read More

Iraqi artist imagines life in a bomb suit

BAGHDAD: The man in the bulky bomb disposal suit waved at a gaggle of awed… Read More

Trump slams Iraq invasion, after first supporting it

WASHINGTON: Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump says the invasion of Iraq was possibly the worst… Read More

Turkey blames Kurdish militants for Ankara bomb, vows response in Syria and Iraq

ANKARA/ISTANBUL: Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu blamed a Syrian Kurdish militia fighter working with Kurdish… Read More

Oil prices recover ahead of Iran-Iraq talks

SINGAPORE: Crude prices recovered in Asia Wednesday ahead of a meeting between the Iranian and… Read More

Mustard gas ‘used in Iraq’ in August

THE HAGUE, Netherlands: Mustard gas was used in two attacks in Iraq near the Kurdish… Read More

Growing numbers of children in migrant sea crossings: UN

GENEVA: Children now make up more than one third of the migrants and refugees making… Read More