Iraq

February 6, 2013

Shatha (L) and Fayez.
08:01 GMT

Putting their vocal abilities to good use, Iraqi and UAE pop stars get together for their first TV drama.

The old Iraqi flag is painted on a tomb of a man killed in 2006 in the Martyrs Cemetery outside the Sunni Abu Hanifa mosque in the Sunni stronghold of Adhamiya. (AFP PHOTO/PATRICK BAZ)
06:32 GMT

A car bomb outside Taji central prison kills at least seven security officials.

February 5, 2013

Iraqis walk in al-Rasheed street, the oldest street in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. (AFP PHOTO/PATRICK BAZ)
11:01 GMT

An army checkpoint in the town of Taji, north of the Iraqi capital, is attacked.

February 4, 2013

Iraqi rescuers at the scene after a car bombing on a police headquarters in a disputed northern city of Kirkuk. (AFP PHOTO/MARWAN IBRAHIM)
09:59 GMT

Following weeks of mounting tensions, more bombs go off just north of the Iraqi capital.

February 1, 2013

"We are witnessing perhaps the most extreme example of the principle of 'the consent of the governed” actually being implemented.'
10:49 GMT

The good news is that change mostly occurs nonviolently and will keep moving some Arab countries on the slow path to stable democratic republics.

January 29, 2013

The British military may have to pay out many more millions of pounds in settlements (picture used for illustrative purposes only).
08:34 GMT

The hearing will include nearly 200 cases where Iraqis says they were abused while under the care of the British military.

Iraq's semi-autonomous region is considering boosting economic ties  with Lebanon’s second-biggest city Tripoli.
08:18 GMT

A business delegation from Iraqi Kurdistan is considering boosting economic ties with Lebanon’s second-biggest city Tripoli.

January 28, 2013

Kuwait and Iraq have signed an oil exploration deal for the 'Block 9' area of Basra
12:17 GMT

Kuwait and Iraq have signed a deal for oil exploration, development and production in Basra's so-called "Block 9" area.

Turkey is set to help the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region establish a new housing institution
08:11 GMT

Turkey will help the semi-autonomous region of Iraq, Kurdistan, to establish a housing institution similar to the Housing Development Administration of Turkey (TOKİ), local media reported Friday.

January 27, 2013

Kadim al Sahir at his concert in Byblos, Lebanon.
10:20 GMT

The 'Voice' star is said to be outraged that he snubbed the Baghdad Cultural Capital concert.

Thousands of Sunnis have taken to the streets to protest against mistreatment of their minority sect since late December.
05:00 GMT

Gunmen shot dead two soldiers and snatched three more west of Baghdad on Saturday in apparent revenge attacks, as mourners buried anti-government protesters that troops shot dead a day earlier.

January 24, 2013

The Turkish defence industry has increased exports by almost 36 per cent
12:29 GMT

Turkey increased its arms exports by almost 36 per cent in 2012, according to the Turkish Defence Industry Exporters Association.

Former Iraq Vice President Tareq Aziz.
11:01 GMT

Depressed and ill, Saddam Hussein’s former right-hand man has had enough.

January 22, 2013

At least 17 people were killed in three bombings in Iraq on Tuesday.
12:37 GMT

Three bombings in Baghdad killed at least 17 people on Tuesday in the latest round of violence in Iraq.

Available: Kadim Al Saher.
08:42 GMT

Caesar of Arabic music seeking his Cleopatra.