IRAQ WARS

Iraq War News

3,317 articles

Iraq to close border with Jordan, protests block highway
Jan 08, 2013 (AFP)
Iraq will close its border with Jordan on Wednesday due to anti-government protests that have blocked the main highway linking the two countries, a military off...
Shiites hold counter-demos in southern Iraq
Jan 08, 2013 (AFP)
Thousands took to the streets in predominantly Shiite southern Iraq on Tuesday in a show of support for the Shiite premier after more than two weeks of protests...
Three dead in northern Iraq
Jan 07, 2013 (AFP)
Gunmen killed two policemen and security forces discovered the corpse of a Christian woman stabbed to death in Iraq's main northern city on Monday, officials sa...
Elections seen as only answer in crisis-hit Iraq
Jan 06, 2013 (AFP)
Massive rallies, a powerful cleric predicting an "Iraq spring" and Arabs and Kurds at loggerheads: Iraq is mired in a cycle of interlocking crises with election...
Iraqi PM warns of regional polarisation
Jan 06, 2013 (AFP)
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Sunday warned of "polarisation" across the region as he led a low-key ceremony marking the anniversary of the founding of...
Jihadists seize Iraqi towns in drive for new Islamic caliphate
Jan 06, 2013 (UPI)
The seizure of the key western towns of Fallujah and Ramadi by jihadists of al-Qaida's Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant Dec. 30 in a campaign against the Sh...
Fugitive Saddam-era VP backs Iraq demos in video
Jan 05, 2013 (AFP)
Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri, Saddam Hussein's vice president and the highest-ranking member of his regime still on the run, has backed ongoing rallies in Sunni-majori...
Iraq looks to put squeeze on pudgy police
Jan 04, 2013 (AFP)
Ihsan Ghaidan, a policeman in one of Iraq's most volatile provinces, admits he stands little chance of promotion and notes his performance is increasingly under...
Thousands rally for Iraqi prisoners' release
Jan 04, 2013 (AFP)
Thousands of Sunnis demonstrated across Iraq on Friday, in the latest of nearly two weeks of rallies criticising the country's premier and demanding the release...
Iraq attack death toll rises to 23 Shiite pilgrims
Jan 04, 2013 (AFP)
The death toll from a truck bomb targeting pilgrims after the conclusion of annual mourning rituals for a revered figure in Shiite Islam has risen to 23, an off...
Truck bomb kills 19 Shiite pilgrims in Iraq
Jan 03, 2013 (AFP)
A truck bomb killed 19 worshippers south of Baghdad on Thursday as pilgrims from around the world thronged Iraq's shrine city of Karbala to finish commemoration...
Thousands call for Iraq prisoner release, slam PM
Jan 03, 2013 (AFP)
Thousands of protesters in Sunni-majority areas of Iraq called Thursday for the release of prisoners and the resignation of the Shiite premier, the latest in mo...
Governor blames Iraq PM-linked unit for shooting
Jan 03, 2013 (AFP)
A senior Sunni politician on Thursday blamed Iraq's anti-terror forces, which report directly to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's office, for the shooting of his...
Attacks kill three in Iraq ahead of Shiite ceremony
Jan 02, 2013 (AFP)
A car bomb killed two pilgrims Wednesday in Iraq on the eve of a major Shiite religious ceremony and the nephew of the parliament speaker died in a separate att...
Iraqi town caught in middle of territory row
Jan 02, 2013 (AFP)
Butcher Sherzad Saleh stands outside his shop in Tuz Khurmatu holding a dead chicken. He has more pressing concerns than a high-level dispute over territory. "T...
Iraq and Britain discuss prisoner swap
Jan 02, 2013 (AFP)
Baghdad and London are discussing a prisoner transfer deal that could see a British security guard convicted of murder in Iraq serve the remainder of his senten...
Iraq PM offers prisoner release as demos continue
Jan 01, 2013 (AFP)
Iraqi premier Nuri al-Maliki looked to head off protests in Sunni areas of the country on Tuesday with a prisoner release even as he threatened to use state res...
Attacks down but Iraq in 'low-level war'
Jan 01, 2013 (AFP)
Violence in Iraq dropped in 2012, data released Tuesday showed, but insurgents proved they were still capable of mounting waves of attacks and a watchdog warned...
23 killed in wave of Iraq attacks
Dec 31, 2012 (AFP)
A wave of bombings and shootings across Iraq killed 23 people on Monday as the country grappled with anti-government rallies and simmering political crises ahea...
Iraq demands end to 'illegitimate' demos
Dec 31, 2012 (AFP)
The Iraqi authorities on Monday called for an end to what a senior official said were illegal and illegitimate protest rallies in Sunni-majority provinces that ...
Buy Advertising About Us Editorial & Other Enquiries Privacy statement
The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, is Copyright 1995-2026 Space Media Network. All websites are published in Australia and are solely subject to Australian law and governed by Fair Use principles for news reporting and research purposes.