Iraq
December 18, 2012
According to the president's office on Tuesday, Jalal Talabani, has been taken to hospital in Baghdad due to a "health emergency".
December 17, 2012
A former British army medic is found guilty of acting dishonestly and failing to protect Iraqi detainees in his care.
Car bombings in Iraq leave at least 20 killed and many dozens injured as security continues to deteriorate.
Oil trader Vitol has apologised to the Iraqi government for buying Kurdish oil, via Turkey, without Baghdad's permission as capital and temi-autonomous region battle over oil and gas rights in the northern province.
December 13, 2012
The Egyptian funnyman gets serious about the Kurdish issue and receives a generous package in return!
Bombings and shootings continue across Iraq on Wednesday, killing members of the security forces and an academic at one university.
December 10, 2012
Jabhat al-Nusra, the Jihadist group with the shady Iraqi origins, could be the undoing of the Syrian rebels fighting against President Bashar al-Assad.
December 6, 2012
The only Iraqi film in this year's Cairo International Film Festival failed to draw in the crowds. But critics have blamed organizers of the event for the poor turn out.
December 5, 2012
As results in the Corruptions Perceptions Index break, the Arab Springers and the region measures its great expectations against its poor results. Qatar’s corruption rating glows against other Arab members states – but it is the best of a bunch of bad eggs.
Despite recent counter-intelligence busts in the Middle Eastern country, US officials warn that al-Qaeda is in the midst of a "revival".
Iraq is to give a $5 million aid to support the development process in Yemen, Iraqi ambassador to Yemen said Tuesday.
December 3, 2012
The shadowy head of the terrorism network in Iraq has been arrested and a list of operative names has been seized.
December 2, 2012
A state-controlled energy investment company in Abu Dhabi said it has secured a deal to search for oil in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region, as tensions mount between Baghdad and it's autonomous region, over oil rights.
December 1, 2012
A look through the archives of Iraq's forgotten war in the damage toll wreaked by violence and strife. Lives have been lost and cultural heritage has been wasted on account of Iraq's ongoing crisis.
November 29, 2012
A second string of bombing attacks this week in Iraq highlights a growing sectarian divide in the country between Shia and Sunni.