Iraqi women protest against proposed Islamic law in Iraq

Suadad al-Salhy About two dozen Iraqi women demonstrated in Baghdad against a draft law approved by the Iraqi cabinet that would permit the marriage of nine-year-old girls and automatically give child custody to...

Iraq: Dozens killed by suicide bomber in Hilla

Deadly attack: At least 32 people were killed and dozens more injured when the suicide bomber struck this crowded checkpoint.

A suicide bomber has detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle at a crowded checkpoint south of Baghdad, killing at least 32 people and damaging dozens of cars.

Iraq suicide bomber kills at least 45

A woman reacts during a funeral of a victim who was killed in an attack in Hilla, during a funeral in Najaf.


As violence grows, Iraq faces threat of disintegration


US to sell attack helicopters to Iraq

The United States plans to sell 24 Apache attack helicopters to Iraq to help fight al-Qaeda militants.

Missy Ryan The US government plans to sell 24 Apache attack helicopters to Iraq, part of an effort to bolster the military against al-Qaeda linked militants, after addressing Congress concerns that held up the...


ISIL fighters in Raaqa, Syria.

Rick Gladstone Al-Qaeda's top leadership moved publicly on Monday to sever the organisation's relationship with its Syrian affiliate, which has been widely blamed in recent months for stoking rebel infighting in...

Dozens killed in Iraq violence

Iraqi security forces search the boot of a car at a checkpoint in Baghdad as Iraq witnessed a series of attacks in and around the capital.

Dozens of people have been killed in a string of attacks across Iraq, including a group of Shiites who were pulled out of a bus and shot dead on the roadside while they were traveling to the capital...

US says Iran involved in Iraq massacre


Christmas car bomb targeting Iraq church kills 14

Iraqi Christians take part in Christmas celebrations.


Violence in Iraq at five-year high

W.G. Dunlop Violence in Iraq surged in 2013 to its worst level in five years, fuelled by widespread discontent among the Sunni Arab minority and Syria's civil war, figures released on Wednesday showed.

Iraq readying attack to retake Fallujah

A bullet hole in a shop in the Iraqi city of Ramadi.

Iraq's government is preparing a "major attack" to retake militant-held Fallujah, a senior official says.

Iraq army prepares to take Falluja

A boy holds his Kalashnikov rifle in Ramadi. Iraq's PM urged people in the besieged city of Falluja on Monday to drive out al-Qaeda-linked insurgents to pre-empt a military offensive that officials said could be launched within days.


Scores of civilians die in Iraq as militants unleash coordinated attacks

Widespread destruction: An Iraqi taxi driver inspects his damaged car after a car bomb attack on Sinaa Street in downtown Baghdad.

Kareem Fahim and Duraid Adnanjan Baghdad: At least seven car bombs detonated across Baghdad on Wednesday, in lethal and apparently coordinated attacks by militants that killed at least 30 people, according to police and health...

Iraq's Maliki flawed champion to fight al-Qaeda

Iraq is facing an immediate threat, says the country's Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki.

Nayla Razzouk Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's self-portrayal as the only viable barrier against a resurgent al-Qaeda has won support from the US and Iran.

Iraq executes 26 people for 'terrorism' offences


Iraq's long shadow over Syrian strikes

Anti-war demonstrators protest against a possible military action in Syria by the U.S. and its allies in front of the French embassy in San Salvador, on September 11, 2013 . AFP PHOTO/ Jose CABEZAS


Tablet artefacts: Cornell to return Mesopotamia antiquities to Iraq

Jason Felch Cornell University in New York is preparing to forfeit to Iraq a vast collection of ancient cuneiform tablets in what is expected to be one of the largest returns of antiquities by a US university.

Iraq death toll grows as security deteriorates

Iraq funeral


Iraq wave of violence kills 50

Iraqi policemen and people gather at the site of a car bomb

Salam Faraj A wave of coordinated car bombs ripped through Shi'ite areas of Baghdad on Tuesday, the deadliest attacks in nationwide violence that killed 50 people, as Iraq grapples with surging unrest.

Not just business as usual, Iraq on verge of civil war

a car bomb attack in Kirkuk,
