Suicide attack in Baghdad kills at least 16
At least 25 people were killed and 63 wounded in a twin suicide bombing in central Baghdad on Monday, the Iraqi health ministry said on...
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Two suicide car bombs kill 10 at Baghdad checkpoint
Two suicide car bombs exploded at a checkpoint in southern Baghdad on Friday, killing 10 people, Iraqi police and medical sources said. They said three...
Islamic State kills 24 with Baghdad car bomb, attack police stations in Samarra
An Islamic State car bomb killed 24 people in Baghdad‘s Sadr City district on Monday and the militants also attacked two police stations in the city...
Suicide bomber kills 31 at Baghdad Shi’ite gathering – police
A suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest in the middle of a Shi’ite Muslim gathering in Baghdad, killing at least 31 people and wounding about...
Weapons storage blast fires off bombs in Baghdad, killing four (update)
A blast caused by a fire at a weapons storage depot in eastern Baghdad on Friday set off rockets that hit neighbouring districts, killing at least...
UN says to help Iraq tackle rampant corruption
A United Nations agency said on Thursday it would help Iraq to tackle endemic graft that is eroding its economy and institutions as Baghdad struggles...
Suicide car bomber kills at least 14 north of Baghdad – police (Updated)
A suicide car bomber killed at least 14 people including women and children packed into a minibus at a checkpoint outside a central Iraqi town...
Baghdad bombing death toll rises to 292
The death toll from a suicide bombing in Baghdad this weekend has reached 292, Iraq’s Health Ministry said on Thursday. The attack, claimed by the...
Iraqis want crackdown on ‘sleeper cells’ after huge Baghdad bomb
The death toll from a suicide bombing in a Baghdad shopping district has risen to over 150, fuelling calls for security forces to crack down...
Dozens killed or injured in overnight Baghdad bombings -Sumaria TV
Several dozen people were killed or injured in two bombings that hit a shopping area and a popular market in Baghdad in the early hours...
Baghdad bombings kill 25 as Falluja siege continues
Two suicide bombings that killed about 25 people in Baghdad on Thursday were claimed by Islamic State, whose stronghold of Falluja near the capital is...
Fear for civilians as IS halts Iraqi army at gates of Falluja
Islamic State fighters halted an Iraqi army assault on the city of Falluja with a counter-attack at its southern gates on Tuesday, while the United...
Iraqi army storms to edge of Islamic State-held Falluja; fresh bombings hit Baghdad
By Maher Nazeh The Iraqi army stormed to the southern edge of Falluja under US air support on Monday and captured a police station inside...
Suicide attacks at factory north of Baghdad kill 11 (Update 1)
Bomb attacks against a state-run cooking gas factory in Baghdad’s northern outskirts on Sunday killed at least 11 people, including policemen, and wounded 21 others,...
Suicide attacks kill two west of Baghdad following bloody day
Two suicide bombers attacked a police station west of Baghdad on Thursday, leaving two security personnel dead and eight others wounded, police and medics said....
Islamic State bombs kill 80 in deadliest Baghdad attacks this year (Update 3)
By Kareem Raheem and Ahmed Rasheed Three suicide bombings claimed by Islamic State across Baghdad killed at least 80 people on Wednesday, Iraqi police and...
At least 12 dead in two Baghdad car bomb attacks
At least 12 people were killed on Saturday in two separate car bomb attacks in Baghdad targeting security forces, police sources said. Islamic State was...
Islamic State truck bomb kills at least 60 people south of Baghdad (Update 2)
Islamic State claimed responsibility for a suicide attack with an explosive-laden fuel tanker on an Iraqi police checkpoint south of Baghdad, killing at least 60...
Militants launch largest attacks in months on Baghdad outskirts (Update 2)
By Kareem Raheem Islamic State militants attacked Iraqi security forces on the western outskirts of Baghdad on Sunday in their largest assault near the capital...
At least 51 killed in attacks in Iraqi capital, eastern town
Gunmen detonated suicide vests inside a shopping complex in Baghdad on Monday and a car bomb exploded nearby in an attack claimed by Islamic State...