Suicide bombers in ambulances kill 21 people in Iraq -officials (Update 1)
Suicide bombers driving ambulances packed with explosives detonated their vehicles at a checkpoint and a car park for Shi’ite pilgrims in two Iraqi cities on...
Tikrit
Iraq’s interior minister says most of Tikrit is liberated, fight goes on
Iraqi troops and Shi’ite paramilitary fighters were battling Islamic State on Wednesday in northern Tikrit, which officials described as the Sunni Muslim militant group’s last...
Iraq needs more air strikes to dislodge IS in Tikrit
By Maggie Fick Iraq said on Monday it had put its Tikrit offensive on hold and senior officials called for more air strikes to dislodge...
Iraqi forces push into Tikrit, bombers hit Ramadi (Update 4)
By Ahmed Rasheed Iraqi security forces and militias fought their way into Saddam Hussein’s home city of Tikrit on Wednesday, advancing from the north and...
Iraqi forces try to seal off Islamic State around Tikrit
By Ahmed Rasheed and Dominic Evans Thousands of Iraqi soldiers and Shi’ite militiamen sought to seal off Islamic State fighters in Tikrit and nearby towns...
Iraq launches attack to retake Tikrit from Islamic State (Update 1)
By Dominic Evans Iraq’s armed forces, backed by Shi’ite militia, attacked Islamic State strongholds north of Baghdad on Monday as they launched an offensive to...
Bombs kill at least 35 across Iraq a day after mosque shooting (updated)
Bombings across Iraq killed at least 35 people in attacks that appeared to be revenge for an assault on a Sunni mosque that has deepened...
Islamic State fighters halt Iraqi offensive to recapture Saddam’s home town
By Ahmed Rasheed and Michael Georgy Iraqi forces halted a short-lived offensive on Tuesday to recapture Tikrit, home town of executed dictator Saddam Hussein, due to fierce resistance from Islamic...
Islamic State video wages psychological war on Iraqi soldiers
By Michael Georgy Islamic State, the al Qaeda spin-off that seized wide swathes of Iraq almost unopposed last month, has released a video warning Iraqi...
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...
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...
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...
Iraq battles to hold biggest refinery
Iraqi government forces battled Sunni militants for control of the country’s biggest refinery on Thursday as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki waited for a U.S. response...
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...