Development In Iraq

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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.

May 15, 2013

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks to the press (Ahmad Al-Rubaye / AFP)
09:42 GMT

Attacks on east Baghdad alcohol shops leave 12 dead

May 14, 2013

Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) fighters greet their comrades as they arrive in the northern Iraqi city of Dohuk on May 14, 2013, after leaving Turkey as part of a peace drive with Ankara. (Safin Hamed/AFP)
15:14 GMT

The Iraqi government said on Tuesday that the arrival of Kurds from Turkey was a violation of the country's sovereignty

May 2, 2013

April was Iraq's deadliest month since June 2008, according to the UN
13:43 GMT

April was the deadliest month in Iraq since 2008, the United Nations said on Thursday/

April 27, 2013

Four people were killed on Friday in Iraq as sectarian clashes continue. AFP Photo
07:22 GMT

The wave of sectarian violence in Iraq continues as four people were killed after bombs targeted Baghdad-area mosques after Friday prayers

April 25, 2013

Iraq's Suleiman al Gamil
10:37 GMT

The head of an Iraqi parliamentary bloc has lashed out at the government for letting its army intervene in anti-government Sunni led protests in Hawija, near Kirkuck.

April 24, 2013

Iraqi soldiers surround an ambulance after deadly clashes at a Sunni protest camp in Hawija, near Kirkuk
09:48 GMT

Protest coordination committees call on Iraqi tribesmen to take up arms after dozens were killed at an anti-government protest in Hawija, near Kirkuk

April 23, 2013

Iraqi medics wheel a man to hospital after demonstrators and security forces near Kirkuk (Marwan Ibrahim/AFP)
12:55 GMT

Sunni anti-government protestors have clashed with government troops in Hawija, near Kirkuk

April 21, 2013

Iraqis vote in provincial elections, the first ballots held in the country since American troops withdrew in late 2011 (AFP)
10:09 GMT

Iraq hosted provincial elections on Saturday, seen as a major test of the country's security after American troops withdrew in 2011

April 20, 2013

An Iraqi woman casts a ballot at a polling station during provincial elections on April 20, 2013 in Baghdad's Sadr City district. (Photo: AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
10:02 GMT

Iraq closes its border crossings as the country begins its first provincial elections since U.S. troops departed.

April 16, 2013

Iraq has drawn international condemnation for executing 21 people in one day
19:56 GMT

Iraq put 21 men to death on Tuesday, a senior justice ministry official told AFP, the latest in a series of mass executions that have drawn international condemnation.

An Iraqi policeman and civilian inspect the wreckage of a car bomb in Baghdad on April 15 (AFP/ Ahmad Al Rubaye)
13:18 GMT

The two car bombings come the day after a wave of attacks across the country that killed 55 people