Iraq

March 5, 2013

Pipelines to transport crude oil from Iraq to Egypt  will be constructed
12:31 GMT

The deal will see crude oil pipelines built between the countries.

China has overtaken the US as the world's largest net importer of oil, according to a new report
08:53 GMT

China has overtaken the US as the world's largest net importer of oil, a report has said.

A Syrian rebel aims his weapon during clashes with government forces in the streets near Aleppo international airport in northern Syria on Monday (Photo: AFP/Stephen J. Boitano) - Picture used for illustrative purposes -
05:05 GMT

At least 48 Syrian soldiers and nine Iraqis have been killed by gunmen in western Iraq, the defence ministry say.

March 4, 2013

Protesters have broken into an Iraqi oil field demanding jobs
12:36 GMT

Hundreds of protesters broke into Iraq's giant southern West Qurna-2 oilfield, early on Monday, sources from the field, police and the state-run Southern Oil Co. said.

Iraqi's weep over the body of a relative killed on February 28, after the sinking of a floating restaurant belonging to the Lebanese Club in Baghdad. (AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
07:57 GMT

A former engineer blows himself up between the two most holy shrines of Shia Islam, causing an unknown number of casualties.

March 2, 2013

Iraqi protestors shout slogans during a demonstration in the Iraqi city of Samarra on Friday demanding the ousting of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMOUD AL-SAMARRAI)
05:00 GMT

Rafa al-Essawi, one of the government's few remaining Sunni minister decides to submit his resignation at an anti-government protest on Friday.

March 1, 2013

Divers belonging to an Iraqi search and rescue team try to recover the bodies, after the sinking of a floating restaurant belonging to the Lebanese Club in Baghdad. (AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
10:43 GMT

A floating restaurant packed with guests has sunk in the Tigris river, leaving at least eight people dead.

A man holds the Saddam-era national Iraqi flag as he walks in Tikrit. (AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
05:00 GMT

A livestock market and a police checkpoint are the targets leaving four civilians dead and a further 16 wounded.

February 28, 2013

Nancy Ajram
09:37 GMT

The Lebanese songstress clarifies those rumors about her concert in Erbil that went horribly wrong.

February 27, 2013

IIraqi Airways has resumed direct flights to Kuwait on Wednesday for the first in more than quarter of a century.
11:14 GMT

Iraqi Airways has resumed direct flights to Kuwait on Wednesday for the first in more than quarter of a century.

February 25, 2013

Delays to the Iraqi budget are costing the country $27 million per day
09:31 GMT

Delays in finalizing Iraq's budget is costing the country $27 million per day, according to a member of the Shiite-dominated National alliance coalition.

Jordan and Iraq are set to seal the deal on a new oil pipeline
03:07 GMT

Jordan and Iraq are expected to sign commercial and legal agreements this month to build a double pipeline to supply the Kingdom with crude oil and natural gas. The oil deal promise to be the biggest inter-Arab business deal in 50 years.

February 24, 2013

Iraqi president, Jalal Talabani
11:32 GMT

Jalal Talabani is on the road to recovery following a serious stroke in December last year that saw his rushed to hospital.

February 23, 2013

Iraqi anti-government protesters shout slogans following the weekly Friday prayers in the western city of Ramadi. (AFP PHOTO/AZHAR SHALLAL)
06:00 GMT

Seven members of an anti-terrorist group are killed as Sunnis continue to protest against new anti-terror legislation.

February 18, 2013

Iraqi children gather around blood stains at the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad's impoverished district of Sadr City on Sunday. A series of bombings mainly targeting Shiite areas of Baghdad killed at least 21 people, officials said, in the latest violence to hit Iraq as it struggles with protests and a political crisis. (AFP Photo/Ahmad al-Rubaye)
09:39 GMT

Al Qaeda in Iraq claimed responsibility on Monday for several car bombs that killed 28 people in Shia areas of Baghdad on Sunday.