Development In Iraq

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.

January 15, 2013

Iraqi demonstrators gather for an anti-government protest outside the Sunni Abu Hanifa mosque in Baghdad. (AFP PHOTO/KHALIL AL-MURSHIDI)
12:54 GMT

A lawmaker in the Anbar province of Iraq is reportedly targeted by a suicide bomber.

A woman waits for the release of a relative outside the Rusafa prison on Monday. (AFP PHOTO/SABAH ARAR)
04:49 GMT

The Iraqi PM frees 335 of those detained without charge to appease anti-government protestors.

January 14, 2013

Supporters of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki hold a banner reading "No to sectarianism" during a demonstration at Tahrir Square in Baghdad. (AFP PHOTO/SABAH ARAR)
04:51 GMT

The most senior elected Sunni representative in Iraq says the situation could easily spiral out of control after protests spread across the country.

January 10, 2013

Fresh bombings in Iraq have killed seven people.
12:54 GMT

Seven people were killed in two bomb attacks in Iraq on Thursday.

January 9, 2013

Iraqi Sunni protestors pray on the main highway to Syria and Jordan near Ramadi. (AFP PHOTO / AZHER SHALLAL)
11:36 GMT

Baghdad decides to shut down the Traibil border post after anti-government protestors block the route through.

January 8, 2013

Iraqi protestors gather in support of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in the city of Karbala, southwest of Baghdad, on Tuesday. (AFP PHOTO / STR)
13:31 GMT

After two weeks of anti-government protests in the predominantly Sunni western states of Iraq, the country's Shias take to the streets to show their support for Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.

January 6, 2013

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
13:33 GMT

Embattled Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki gave a speech on Sunday in which he warned that if anti-government protests continue Iraq could plunge into further chaos and division.