Development In Iraq
March 14, 2013
Turkish officials who had been kidnapped by the Kurdistan Workers' Party are released in Iraq.
March 11, 2013
One of the organizers of an anti-government rally close to the capital has been shot and killed according to reports.
March 7, 2013
United Nations special rapporteur responds to a report linking the Pentagon with Iraqi torture centres by calling on the US to release its classified documents relating to rendition.
March 4, 2013
A former engineer blows himself up between the two most holy shrines of Shia Islam, causing an unknown number of casualties.
March 2, 2013
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
A floating restaurant packed with guests has sunk in the Tigris river, leaving at least eight people dead.
A livestock market and a police checkpoint are the targets leaving four civilians dead and a further 16 wounded.
February 24, 2013
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
Seven members of an anti-terrorist group are killed as Sunnis continue to protest against new anti-terror legislation.
February 18, 2013
Al Qaeda in Iraq claimed responsibility on Monday for several car bombs that killed 28 people in Shia areas of Baghdad on Sunday.
An Iranian opposition group whose refugee camp in Iraq was attacked with rockets earlier in February has briefed U.S. politicians on the fallout from the deadly raid.
February 17, 2013
Car bombs in Iraq on Sunday killed at least 28 people in Baghdad and wounded dozens more
February 16, 2013
A suicide bomber in the northern city of Mosul kills a senior officer and three of his bodyguards.
The anti-government demonstrations continue across the country as Sunnis protest against the Shia-led government's treatment.
February 13, 2013
The death toll from last night's Mosul bombing mounts, including one 7-year-old child.
