Development In Iraq

February 11, 2013

A bomb blast tore apart the offices of an Iraqi TV channel in Iraqi Kurdistan on Sunday. (Picture used for illustrative purposes only.)
10:46 GMT

A bomb blast tore apart the offices of an Iraqi TV channel in Iraqi Kurdistan on Sunday.

February 9, 2013

Iraqi women walk past the tomb of two unidentified Arab fighters buried in the Martyrs Cemetery of Baghdad. (AFP PHOTO/PATRICK BAZ)
08:27 GMT

Members of an Iranian opposition group, housed in Iraq for their own safety, have been attacked using mortars and rockets.

February 8, 2013

A destroyed car lies at the scene of an explosion at the bird market in the north Baghdad Shia neighborhood of Kadhimiyah. (AFP PHOTO/ ALI AL-SAADI)
12:42 GMT

As part of the continuing surge of sectarianism, at least 29 people are killed when bombers attack a largely Shia area of the capital.

February 7, 2013

Baghdad in a 2008 case filed in federal court in New York alleged that ABB was responsible for losses of more than $7 billion worth of goods under the oil-for-food program.
12:37 GMT

A judge ruled the Iraqi government can't pursue violations of the U.N. oil-for-food program in U.S. courts for actions outside the United States.

February 6, 2013

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.

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.

January 27, 2013

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

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.

January 21, 2013

Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
08:41 GMT

A protestor in Iraq tried to set fire to himself in northern Iraq yesterday.

January 20, 2013

Despite a slowdown in violence, attacks by insurgent groups are still frequent. (AFP)
06:31 GMT

Four people were killed on Saturday morning in Iraq in bombings and a driveby shooting in the latest round of violence.

January 17, 2013

An Iraqi security officer inspects the site of an explosion on Wednesday in Kirkuk. (Marwan Ibrahim/AFP)
09:44 GMT

Two car bombs killed at least 11 Shiite pilgrims in Iraq on Thursday.

Iraqi men sitting at the grave of their brother, a former policeman who was killed by al-Qaeda sympathizers in 2008 in the Anbar province. (AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
07:32 GMT

A series of attacks make Wednesday the deadliest day for Iraq in nearly two months as security in the country continues to deteriorate.