Latest in Tag: baghdad Highlight
Latest in Tag: baghdad
Baghdad curfew suspension is double-edged sword for citizens
Decade long curfew ended Saturday
ISIL advance threatens whole region: Egypt foreign ministry
Egypt says foreign military operations in Iraq must be accompanied by âsolutionsâ
Kerry in Iraq as Sunni militants seize strategic town, airport
Kerry met with Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki and was to hold talks with Iraqi leaders across the political and communal spectrum.
Sunni militants take control of Iraq-Syria border point
An army major confirmed that the town and its surrounding areas were in insurgent hands.
Fighting nears Baghdad as UN warns crisis âlife-threateningâ
Iraqi officials have insisted they are making progress in repelling the fighters, who are led by the powerful Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) jihadist group, but have continued to lose ground.
Fahmy rejects âbarbaric actsâ in Iraq
Arab League Council rejects interference in Iraqi affairs, calls for reconciliation through dialogue
Iraq presses counter-offensive as US deploys warship
The militants, spearheaded by the powerful jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), have overrun all of one province and chunks of three more since they launched their offensive late last Monday.
Fahmy calls for Iraqi unity, warns against sectarian split
Egyptian embassy staff continues to contact Egyptian communities amidst ongoing clashes in Iraq
Suspected jihadists seize Iraqâs Nineveh province
Military units first withdrew from the cityâs east, heading to its west, and then began leaving the city, along with thousands of residents, he said.
Baghdad bombs against Shiâa kill 25
At least nine car bombs went off throughout the morning, when the city is typically gridlocked.
ISIL jihadists open new front in Baghdad push
Group inspired by Al-Qaeda
Election posters adorn Baghdad as campaigning begins
Posters went up around Baghdad and across the country as candidates vie for one of 328 parliamentary seats.
Russiaâs Lukoil begins output from giant Iraq oilfield
Reuters – Russiaâs Lukoil began commercial production from one of the worldâs largest untapped oilfields in Iraq on Saturday, as the country raises output to record levels. Production from the giant West Qurna-2 is eventually expected to reach 1.2m barrels per day (bpd), from an initial 120,000 bpd. The field is one of several that …
Under US pressure, Iraq denies Iran arms deals
AFP â Iraq, facing heavy pressure from the United States, has denied signing deals for weapons and ammunition with Iran in apparent violation of international sanctions. The defence ministry said a variety of international firms had sought to supply Iraq with ammunition and night vision equipment, including one company from Iran. But contrary to media …
Baghdad bombs, one near foreign ministry, kill 24
The attacks, which wounded dozens more, come as security forces battle militants in the western Anbar province, including the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a powerful jihadist group that has exploited the chaos in neighbouring Syria.
Baghdad attacks kill 16 as Iraq presses Anbar assault
The assassinations in particular harken back to Iraqâs brutal Sunni-Shiâa sectarian war which raged from 2006 to 2007, when corpses were often found abandoned on the streets, with the victimsâ bodies bearing signs of torture.
Iraq executes 26 men, including anti-Qaeda leader
Among those executed was Adel Mashhadani, who was arrested in March 2009 and sentenced to death in November of that year for killing a young girl in a revenge attack.
16 killed in Baghdad car bombs: officials
AFP – Five car bombs struck across several neighbourhoods in Baghdad on Monday killing at least 16 people and wounding more than 40 others, security and medical officials said. Two explosions went off in the predominantly Sunni south Baghdad neighbourhood of Dura, while at least three vehicles rigged with explosives were detonated in the mostly-Shiite …
Iraqi forces assault gunmen in crisis-hit city
Iraqi forces backed by tribesmen moved into five Ramadi neighbourhoods Sunday, with helicopters providing cover and firing on the sprawling district of Malaab at the centre of fighting between anti-government fighters and security forces and their tribal allies.
Iraq bombs target Sunni worshippers in Baghdad
The blasts are the latest in a wave of sectarian attacks in the city
460 people killed in bloody month for Iraq
The late-April violence was the deadliest so far linked to protests that broke out in Sunni areas of Shi’a-majority Iraq more than four months ago.
Iraq to up searches of Iran over flights to Syria
Iraq announced two inspections of aircraft, both in October
Iraq car bombs kill 18 at Shi’a mosques
The blasts, which also wounded more than 100 people, struck within an hour of each other
Nine dead in blasts, assault on Iraq ministry
The violence comes just days before the 10th anniversary of the US-led invasion of the country
Turkey defies allies to pursue Iraqi Kurd energy ties
Ankara had initially refused to engage in official contacts with Iraqi Kurds, fearing that the establishment of an independent Kurdish state there could embolden its own Kurds
Twenty-two killed in suicide bomb near Baghdad
Second deadly attack to hit Iraq in as many days
Baghdad anti-Shiâa attacks kill at least eight
Four car bombs exploded in Shuala and three others were set off in Chikouk, an interior ministry official said, putting the overall toll from the attacks at 11 dead and 32 wounded.
Suicide car bomb in Iraq kills four school children
Car bomb explodes next to school, kills four and injures six
Kurdish oil dispute: US advocates companies to cooperate with Baghdad
Baghdad threatens Kurds with budget cuts
Five killed in Iraq attacks
A roadside bomb and a drive-by shooting killed five and injured another five on Sunday, reported the Associated Press. The bomb reportedly killed three police officers in Jurf Al-Sakhar, a town south of Baghdad. The drive-by shooting in the Baghdad neighborhood of Jihad killed two civilians near a government office responsible for overseeing Sunni administration …