Iraq

March 28, 2013

Iraq’s fugitive Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi.
07:24 GMT

Sunni vice president, Tareq al-Hashemi, says despite the protests, Iraq doesn't need to start from scratch.

March 27, 2013

Iraqi army
10:30 GMT

Health officials say that 5 people have been killed and 25 wounded after two separate attacks in Musayyib and Madain.

An Iraqi woman inspects the damage following a car bomb attack that happened late at night in Kirkuk, 240 kilometers north of Baghdad, on March 20, 2013, that killed one and wounded several. (AFP PHOTO / MARWAN IBRAHIM)
07:51 GMT

The disputed region faces yet more attacks as tensions rise over oil contracts.

March 25, 2013

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned Iraq about indirectly aiding the Syrian regime. (AFP)
07:47 GMT

On an unannounced trip to Iraq, Secretary of State Kerry tells the Iraqi PM that letting Iran use their airspace to send weapons to Assad is "problematic".

March 24, 2013

John Kerry is visiting the Middle East
09:11 GMT

US Secretary of State John Kerry is in Baghdad on an unannounced visit.

March 20, 2013

Iraqi civilians inspect the damage following a car bomb attack that happened late at night in Kirkuk, north of Baghdad, on Wednesday, that killed one and wounded several. (Photo: AFP / MARWAN IBRAHIM)
11:00 GMT

An Iraqi militant group linked to al-Qaeda claimed responsibility on Wednesday for attacks that killed dozens of people across the country the day before.

March 19, 2013

The National Youth Orchestra of Iraq was born in 2009, with the aim of bringing together young Sunni and Shia musicians from all across the divided country. With a mission of showing ‘the real face of Iraq,’ the orchestra has performed across Europe and are currently well underway with preparations for a summer 2013 tour.
16:13 GMT

Iraq ten years on: How has the fabric of society and culture changed?

Mayada Al Hinawi sings for Kurdistan.
11:14 GMT

The legendary Syrian singer returns to the stage with a controversial new track.

Shatha Hassoun
10:18 GMT

Despite all her success in the charts, the Iraqi songstress says she's still got dreams for a family.

Iraqi emergency personnel and civilians gather around the site of a car bomb explosion near the outskirts of the south Iraq city of Basra, on March 17, 2013, killing 10 people and wounding 16, the head of the Basra provincial council security committee said. (AFP PHOTO/STR)
07:09 GMT

As sectarian tensions rise, Iraq's majority Shias are once again at the receiving end of Sunni discontent.

March 17, 2013

In 2010, the Washington Post put the cost to the U.S. of the Iraq war at $3trillion. Shocking in itself but according to more recent estimates, a pretty low bar. As the paper later said: that figure doesn’t count ‘could have beens’ or the opportunity costs of peace.
13:39 GMT

On the 10-year anniversary of the iraq war and the US's invasion leading to occupation, we take a look at the political and economic costs to both sides of the 'mess' that is arguably Iraq today.

 A federal policeman inspects a vehicle in front of government buildings on Sunday in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. (Photo: AFP / Sabah Arar)
12:36 GMT

A car bomb explodes at a bus terminal in the town of Garmat Ali, in Iraq's predominantly Shia Muslim south, killing at least nine people.

An Iraqi Kurdish woman visits the grave of her sister, who was killed in a gas attack by former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in 1988 (AFP Photo)
10:07 GMT

It's 25 years since Saddam Hussein's forces gassed thousands of Kurds in the north of Iraq.

This Libyan contestant on Arab Idol 2 made more of an impact with his outfit than his voice.
10:02 GMT

Arab Idol continues to stretch out its arms to as many Arab countries as possible, with the second episode featuring hopefuls from Libya to Iraq.

File picture dated March 20, 2003 shows smoke billowing after a missile hit the planning ministry in Baghdad as the Iraqi capital came under heavy US-led bombardment on the first day of the US-led invasion of Iraq that toppled Saddam Hussein. (AFP / Ramzi Haidar)
09:06 GMT

Al-Qaeda’s front group in Iraq has claims responsibility for last week's coordinated attack involving a series of bombings and the storming of a ministry complex in central Baghdad.