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Iraq forces hold off assault on Fallujah, 29 killed in Ramadi
Jan 07, 2014 (AFP)
Iraqi troops will delay an offensive against the militant-held city of Fallujah for fear of causing civilian casualties, an official said Tuesday, while fightin...
Iraq at crossroads between reconciliation and war: analysts
Jan 06, 2014 (AFP)
An intensifying revolt in a Sunni Arab province of Iraq sparked by the Shiite-led government's dispersal of a year-old protest leaves the country at the crossro...
Iraq PM urges Fallujah to expel militants to avoid assault
Jan 06, 2014 (AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki called Monday for Fallujah residents to expel "terrorists" holding the city to avoid an assault by security forces, as they ...
Iraq readying 'major attack' to retake Fallujah
Jan 05, 2014 (AFP)
Iraq is preparing a "major attack" to retake militant-held Fallujah, a senior official said Sunday, spelling a new assault for the city, west of Baghdad, where ...
Iraq city seizures illustrate Qaeda group's resurgence
Jan 05, 2014 (AFP)
The seizure by Al-Qaeda-linked militants of a major Iraqi city and parts of another illustrates their resurgence, and harkens back to the darkest days of the in...
Iraq's Fallujah falls to Qaeda-linked militants
Jan 04, 2014 (AFP)
Iraq has lost Fallujah to Al-Qaeda-linked fighters, a senior security official said on Saturday, putting militants who repeatedly battled American forces for th...
Iraq forces battle jihadists in western cities
Jan 02, 2014 (AFP)
Iraqi forces backed by tribesmen battled jihadists on Thursday after they seized parts of two Sunni-majority cities following days of violence triggered by the ...
Iraq tribesmen, police fight militants in Ramadi: officers
Jan 02, 2014 (AFP)
Iraqi tribesmen and police on Thursday battled Al-Qaeda-linked militants who took control of part of the city of Ramadi, police said. The fighting erupted in ea...
Iraq PM to deploy more troops to combat Anbar unrest
Jan 01, 2014 (AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday reversed a decision to withdraw soldiers from Anbar cities and ordered reinforcements to the mainly Sunni Arab ...
Iraq suffers worst year of violence since 2008
Jan 01, 2014 (AFP)
Violence in Iraq surged in 2013 to its worst level in five years, figures released Wednesday showed, fuelled by discontent among the Sunni Arab minority and the...
Iraq militants free prisoners, burn police stations
Jan 01, 2014 (AFP)
Militants freed more than 100 prisoners, clashed with security forces and burned police stations in cities west of the Iraqi capital on Wednesday, police and an...
Outside View: A new dictator takes Iraq to the brink
Dec 31, 2013 (UPI)
The violent arrest in Iraq of leading Sunni Member of Parliament Ahmed al-Alwani marks yet another step in that country's rapid descent into sectarian anarchy a...
Iraq army to quit tense cities after protest cleared
Dec 31, 2013 (AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki Tuesday announced the army would leave cities in Anbar province, apparently seeking to defuse simmering tension after securi...
Clashes spread to Iraq's Fallujah after protest camp cleared
Dec 30, 2013 (AFP)
Iraqi forces battled militants in Fallujah on Monday as clashes spread to a second city after an anti-government protest camp was demolished, a police officer s...
44 Iraq MPs resign after protest camp cleared
Dec 30, 2013 (AFP)
Forty-four Iraqi MPs announced their resignation on Monday after security forces demolished a Sunni anti-government protest site and detained a lawmaker. The an...
Deadly clashes as Iraq forces demolish Sunni protest camp
Dec 30, 2013 (AFP)
Deadly clashes broke out and mosques called for holy war as Iraqi forces on Monday demolished a year-old protest camp set up by Sunni Arabs on a major highway. ...
UK's Iraq war inquiry 'to report in 2014'
Dec 30, 2013 (AFP)
The inquiry into Britain's involvement in the Iraq war could publish its long-awaited conclusions in 2014 after discussions between Tony Blair and George W. Bus...
Three senior army officers among 16 killed in Iraq
Dec 29, 2013 (AFP)
Attacks in Iraq mainly targeting members of the security forces killed at least 16 people on Sunday, among them three senior army officers, security and medical...
Iraq forces arrest Sunni MP, kill brother and 5 guards
Dec 28, 2013 (AFP)
Iraqi security forces on Saturday raided the home of a Sunni MP who backed anti-government protesters, sparking clashes that killed his brother and five guards,...
Man who oversaw Saddam hanging recalls dictator's end
Dec 27, 2013 (AFP)
Mowaffak al-Rubaie sits in his office with a statue of Saddam Hussein behind him, the rope used to hang the dictator around its neck, recalling his final minute...
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