Iraq

May 23, 2013

A shootout in a Baghdadi brothel on Wednesday killed 12 people.
04:00 GMT

An anonymous gunman entered a brothel in the eastern Baghdadi district of Zayouna on Wednesday, shooting 12 people.

By-standers look at the wreck of a bomb used in a sectarian suicide attack in Baghdad. AFP Photo
03:00 GMT

Nouri Al Maliki, the Prime Minister of Iraq, has called for a major re-shuffle of the senior ranks of the army in an attempt to halt the wave of sectarian violence that has gripped the country in recent weeks.

May 22, 2013

Samand Soren is a new family saloon created by Iran Khodro Industrial Group in 2007.
11:36 GMT

Iranian carmaker Iran Khodro will establish an assembly line with the capacity of 30,000 units per year in the Iraqi city of Iskandariya by the next month.

May 21, 2013

A view of the protesters gathered outside the Iraqi embassy in Amman. Image courtesy of The Jordan Times
15:36 GMT

Protests outside the Iraqi embassy in Amman were held on Tuesday as citizens reacted angrily to a video showing embassy employees attacking Jordanian activists. The Iraqi government released a statement late Tuesday expressing it's 'regret' over the issue.

An Iraqis looks at dead sheep killed in two roadside bombs that detonated in a sheep market in the northern city of Kirkuk (Marwan Ibrahim / AFP)
12:28 GMT

More than 200 people have been killed in violence across Iraq in the past week alone

An Iraqi man smokes a cigarette in front of a burnt vehicle at the site of a car bombing at a market in Baghdad's impoverished district of Sadr City. AFP Photo
09:09 GMT

Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al Maliki, said on Monday that he will overhaul the country's security strategy, in light of the devastating wave of sectarian violence and bombs that has swept the country, causing 72 casualties in two days.

May 20, 2013

An Iraqi soldier inpects the remains of a vehicle at the scene of a car bomb explosion the previous days in Baghdad's Sadr City district on May 16, 2013 (Ahmad al-Rabaye/ AFP)
09:18 GMT

20 killed in attacks across the Iraqi capital, with 11 killed in the Southern city of Basra

Iraqi armed tribesmen pose for a picture on the back of a truck in a road north of Ramadi, on May 18, 2013 (Azhar Shallal/ AFP)
08:41 GMT

At least 10 policemen were shot dead by gunmen in Rawah, Anbar province

May 19, 2013

Saddam's face shot covers the heads and minds of Iraqi citizens
10:03 GMT

'Saddam is here' is the name of the collection that began in 2007 during the worst years of conflict in Iraq with the former dictator. “His shadow is still following Iraqi society everywhere,” says the Iraqi Kurdish photographer.

Iraqi armed tribesmen pose for a picture in front of a truck in a road north of Ramadi (Azhar Shallal/AFP)
08:14 GMT

8 people were killed in sectarian violence in Iraq on Saturday, just hours after a wave of massive bombings shook Baghdad, leaving 60 people dead

May 18, 2013

A view of a coffee shop near Fallujah, just west of Baghdad, destroyed in the bomb blasts that killed over 60 people on Friday. AFP Photo
07:39 GMT

Bombs exploded outside Sunni mosques and one targeted a funeral party in Baghdad and Madain, just south of the capital yesterday, killing some 60 Sunni Muslims in the latest wave of sectarian violence sweeping Iraq.

May 15, 2013

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks to the press (Ahmad Al-Rubaye / AFP)
09:42 GMT

Attacks on east Baghdad alcohol shops leave 12 dead

May 14, 2013

Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) fighters greet their comrades as they arrive in the northern Iraqi city of Dohuk on May 14, 2013, after leaving Turkey as part of a peace drive with Ankara. (Safin Hamed/AFP)
15:14 GMT

The Iraqi government said on Tuesday that the arrival of Kurds from Turkey was a violation of the country's sovereignty

May 12, 2013

Ahlam lets Alama have it on Arab Idol
10:48 GMT

Things have heated up to an all time high between judges Ragheb Alama and Ahlam on Arab idol with still no hope for resolution after this weekend's intense episode of the MBC talent show.

Nawal Al Zoghbi is ready to release a new single on Arab Idol this week
09:27 GMT

Get excited, Gulfis, Nawal Al Zoghbi has an entire album coming your way. The Lebanese songstress will be introducing a single from the set on this week’s Arab Idol.