Development In Iraq

June 10, 2013

An Iraqi soldier stands guard on a main road in Baghdad as Shiite Muslim pilgrims arrive on June 2 (Ahamd al-Rubaye / AFP)
08:56 GMT

Three near-simultaneous bomb attacks killed 12 people in a mainly Shiite town north of Iraq

June 8, 2013

Iranian Shiite Muslim pilgrims walk past a member of Iraq's security personnel in Kerbala, 110 km south of Baghdad, June 7, 2013. (Reuters)
10:27 GMT

Iran said it condemns deadly Iraq attack on its pilgrims. The attack occurred on Saturday, June 8, 2013.

June 4, 2013

A top Iraqi minister warned Israel that it cannot use its airspace to attack Iran.
07:09 GMT

A top Iraqi minister warned Israel that it cannot use its airspace to attack Iran.

May 30, 2013

An Iraqi policeman inspects a damaged vehicle on the scene of a car bomb attack in the commercial area of Karradah in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on May 30 (Ahmad Al-Rubaye/ AFP)
11:18 GMT

A wave of bomb attacks across Iraq killed 12 people on Thursday as sectarian violence escalates

May 29, 2013

An Iraqi woman walks past burnt out vehicles and damaged buildings following a car bomb explosion in Baghdad. AFP Photo
04:00 GMT

27 people were killed in Iraq today as the government met to discuss ways to address the growing death toll in the country.

May 27, 2013

Iraqis gather at the scene of one of the two car bombs that exploded near an used car dealerships in Baghdad's Habibiyah area on May 27(Ahmad Al-Rubaye/ AFP)
19:33 GMT

Attacks targeted Shi'ite shopping districts across the Iraqi capital

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 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

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.