Iraq Green Zone breach may bring on more violence

The latest breach of Baghdad’s Green Zone by angry protesters may set the stage for further violence between demonstrators and security forces, as well as sharpening political divisions in Iraq.

22 May 2016 11:52 PM

Three bombings in Baghdad kill 69

Security forces and citizens inspect the scene after a suicide car bomb hit a crowded outdoor market in Baghdad’s eastern Shia neighborhood of Sadr City, Iraq, on Tuesday. (Photo: AP)

18 May 2016 1:50 AM

Suicide raid on Iraq gas plant kills at least 14

ISIS launched a coordinated assault on Sunday on a natural gas plant north of Baghdad that killed at least 14 people, according to Iraqi officials.

16 May 2016 7:05 AM

ISIS kills at least 5 in Iraq town suicide raid

ISIS infiltrated a town in Iraq’s Anbar province with several fighters wearing suicide belts on Saturday in a raid that killed at least five people, security officials said.

15 May 2016 6:51 AM

Multiple ISIS bombings kill 94 in Baghdad

Civilians help as a municipality bulldozer cleans up the street after a car bomb explosion at a crowded outdoor market in the Iraqi capital Baghdad’s eastern district of Sadr City. (Photo: AP)

12 May 2016 11:24 AM

ISIS kills US soldier in Iraq attack

The Islamic State group broke through Kurdish defences in northern Iraq on Tuesday and killed an American service member deployed as part of the US-led coalition against the jihadists.

04 May 2016 6:42 AM

Iraqi leaders try to break crisis, promise reforms

Iraqi Pri-me Minister Haider al-Aba-di and other political leaders promised on Sunday to deliver on radical reforms and stem a deepening crisis as protesters held an unprecedented sit-in inside Baghda

02 May 2016 6:22 AM

Protesters storm Iraqi Parliament

Iraqi protesters take a selfie as they gather inside Parli-ament after breaking into Baghdad’s heavily-fortified Green Zone. (Photo: AFP)

01 May 2016 5:46 AM

Speaker suspends Iraq Parliament

Embattled Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim al-Juburi Tuesday announced the suspension of Parliament sessions “until further notice” after a week of turmoil during which lawmakers brawled and sought to s

20 Apr 2016 6:26 AM

At least 29 killed in wave of suicide attacks in Iraq

05 Apr 2016 6:17 AM

Islamic State jihadists pull out of town in Iraq's Anbar

The mayor of the town, which lies about 390 kilometres (245 miles) west of Baghdad on the road to Jordan, confirmed that IS had withdrawn.

13 Mar 2016 5:32 PM

Two chemical attacks by Islamic State kill child, wound 600

The wounded are suffering from infected burns, suffocation and dehydration, said Helmi Hamdi, a nurse at the Taza hospital.

13 Mar 2016 10:40 AM

ISIS forces birth control pills on girls to keep them 'available for sex'

Contraceptive pills allowed Islamic State militants to rape their sex slaves without losing them to pregnancy.

13 Mar 2016 10:31 AM

ISIS bomb blast kills 60 in Iraq

ISIS claimed responsibility for a suicide attack with an explosive-laden fuel tanker on an Iraqi police checkpoint south of Baghdad, killing at least 60 people and wounding more than 70, medical and s

07 Mar 2016 3:13 AM

ISIS losing battle, says US envoy

The Islamic State (ISIS) is losing a battle against forces arraigned against if from many sides in Iraq and Syria and the focus would turn to stabilizing cities seized back from them, the US envoy to

06 Mar 2016 4:36 AM

4 ISIS bombers penetrate Iraq Army HQ, kill general, 5 others

Iraq launches major anti-ISIS ops north of Baghdad

02 Mar 2016 7:13 AM

24 killed in ISIS-claimed Baghdad bombs

Bombings claimed by the Islamic State (ISIS) group killed at least 24 people in a Shia area of Baghdad Sunday, the deadliest attacks to hit the Iraqi capital this year.

29 Feb 2016 6:12 AM

Missing radioactive matter found in southern Iraq

Radioactive material that went missing in Iraq has been found dumped near a petrol station in the southern town of Zubair, officials said on Sunday, ending speculation it could be acquired by Islamic

22 Feb 2016 5:47 AM

Iraq court sentences 40 to death over 2014 Tikrit massacre

Court found 40 of 47 defendants guilty of involvement in the ‘Speicher’ massacre where the victims were captured before being executed.

18 Feb 2016 6:13 PM

US refuelling plane saves F-16 pilot in emergency over IS territory

Without mid-air refuelling, the pilot faced the dangerous prospect of having to eject over Islamic State territory.

15 Feb 2016 9:45 AM