Iraqi parliament elects new speaker (Updated)
By Isra’ al-Rubei’i and Ahmed Rasheed Iraqi politicians named a moderate Sunni Islamist as speaker of parliament on Tuesday, a long-delayed first step towards a...
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Iraq headed for chaos unless politicians unite, UN says
By Ahmed Rasheed and Maggie Fick Iraqi soldiers backed by Shi’ite militias fought Sunni rebels for control of a military base northeast of Baghdad on...
Kurdish forces take over two oilfields in north Iraq
By Mustafa Mahmoud and Raheem Salman Kurdish peshmerga forces took control of production facilities at two northern Iraqi oilfields on Friday, replacing Arab workers with...
Over fifty bodies found south of Baghdad (Updated)
By Raheem Salman and Isra’ al-Rubei’i Iraqi security forces found 53 corpses, blindfolded and handcuffed, south of Baghdad on Wednesday as Shi’ite and Kurdish leaders...
Iraq army retakes Saddam’s birthplace
By Isra’a al-Rubei’i and Maggie Fick The Iraqi army retook Saddam Hussein’s home village overnight, a symbolic victory in its struggle to seize back swathes...
Top cleric urges quick deal on PM
By Ned Parker Iraq’s Shi’ite Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the majority sect’s most influential cleric, called on Friday for Iraq’s political blocs to agree on...
Iraq helicopter crashes in airborne assault on Tikrit
By Oliver Holmes and Isabel Coles Iraqi forces launched an airborne assault on rebel-held Tikrit on Thursday with commandos flown into a stadium in helicopters,...
Kerry presses Maliki as Iraq loses control of Syrian, Jordanian borders (Update 2)
By Lesley Wroughton and Ahmed Rasheed US Secretary of State John Kerry met Iraq’s prime minister in Baghdad on Monday to push for more inclusive leadership, as Nuri al-Maliki’s forces abandoned...
Iraqi forces ready push after Obama offers advisers (Updated)
By Isra’ al-Rubei’i Iraqi forces were massing north of Baghdad on Friday, aiming to strike back at Sunni Islamists whose drive toward the capital prompted the United States to...
Scores killed during battle for Iraq provincial capital
By Ned Parker Scores of Iraqis were killed on Tuesday during a battle for a provincial capital, and fighting shut the main oil refinery, starving...
Iraq rebels take Saddam’s home town in lightning advance
By Ghazwan Hassan Sunni rebels from an al Qaeda splinter group overran the Iraqi city of Tikrit on Wednesday and closed in on the biggest oil refinery...
Bombs kill at least 19 people in Iraqi capital
Car and roadside bombs exploded in commercial areas of Baghdad on Sunday killing at least 19 people, police and medical sources said. The deadliest attack...
Christmas bomb attacks kill 34 in Baghdad’s Christian areas
At least 34 people were killed in bomb attacks in Christian areas of Baghdad on Wednesday, some by a car bomb that exploded near a...