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News of Baghdad
Suicide bomber kills 7 in Shia mosque in Iraqi capital: Police
A suicide bomber blew himself up inside a Shi'ite mosque in the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, killing at least seven worshippers, police said. More than 20 people were wounded in the attack in the al-Qahira district of northern (...)

18 - 06 - 2013
Bombs kill 20 in mainly Shi'ite areas of Iraq capital
Eight car bomb blasts in mainly Shi'ite districts of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killed at least 20 people on Monday, police and medics said. Earlier, at least 10 people were killed in two car bomb explosions in the predominantly Shi'ite southern city of Basra, 420 km (260 miles) southeast of (...)

20 - 05 - 2013
Roadside Bomb Kills 19 In West Baghdad: Police, Medics
Nineteen people were killed on Friday when a roadside bomb exploded near a commercial complex in the Amiriya district in the west of Baghdad, police and medics said. Earlier on Friday, two bombs went off outside a Sunni Muslim mosque in Baquba as worshippers left Friday prayers, killing at least 43 (...)

18 - 05 - 2013
Militants kill 5 Iraq soldiers, Sunni protesters form 'army'
Militants shot dead five Iraqi soldiers in the Sunni Muslim stronghold province of Anbar on Saturday and protesters said they were forming an "army" after four days of unrest that raised fears of a return to widespread sectarian civil conflict. More than 170 people have been killed since Tuesday (...)

27 - 04 - 2013
Gunmen kill 10 Iraq security forces members
Gunmen killed five army intelligence soldiers in two attacks west of Baghdad while others shot dead five anti-Qaeda militiamen north of the Iraqi capital on Saturday, police and doctors said. One group of soldiers were driving near the site of a long-running anti-government protest when they were (...)

27 - 04 - 2013
Suicide attack in Iraq kills 22
At least 22 people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up in a busy election campaign tent in the Iraqi city of Baquba on Saturday, police and medics said. The attack began when a hand grenade was thrown into the tent in the city of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of (...)

06 - 04 - 2013
Blasts hit Shi'ite districts in Baghdad, killing 9 - police
A series of bombs exploded in mainly Shi'ite neighbourhoods across the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least nine people and wounding more than 30, police said. The bombs detonated in the Ameen, Sadr City, Habibiya and Qahira districts of the (...)

17 - 02 - 2013
Demonstrators rally in support of Iraqi government
About 2,000 people are demonstrating in the rally held in downtown Baghdad, some holding pictures of the Shiite Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki. They reject Sunni calls to abolish a tough anti-terrorism law and another law banning former members of the disbanded Baath party from holding government (...)

12 - 01 - 2013
Iraq 'Qaeda' prisoner attempts prison suicide bombing
An alleged Al-Qaeda inmate in a Baghdad prison detonated explosives in an attempted suicide bombing on Wednesday, wounding four people and badly injuring himself, security officials and a prisoner said. An interior ministry official said an inmate belonging to Al-Qaeda blew himself up in the prison (...)

12 - 12 - 2012
Baghdad to transfer oil payments to Iraq Kurds
Oil payments from Baghdad to Iraq's Kurdish region will be transferred today, Kurdish Energy Minister Ashti Hawrami said on Sunday, ending a heated tug-of-war over the issue, at least for now. Baghdad and Kurdistan agreed earlier this month to draw a line under a dispute over oil payments after the (...)

30 - 09 - 2012
Iraqi officials say jailbreak assisted from inside
Iraqi officials said Saturday that a jailbreak where al-Qaida-linked militants escaped death row had help from inside, further tarnishing state authority and raising new concerns over corruption. A day after the escape in Tikrit, Saddam Hussein's hometown 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Baghdad, (...)

29 - 09 - 2012
New Iraq attacks bring day's death toll to 64
Three evening bombings and a shooting in and near Iraq's capital have killed 20 people at the end of a deadly day of attacks around the country. The latest violence brought Sunday's death toll to 64, with more than 285 wounded. Police said car bombs in three western Baghdad neighborhoods Sunday (...)

09 - 09 - 2012
Gunmen raid homes, kill 6 people in northern Iraq
Iraqi officials say gunmen have raided two family homes in a northern Iraqi city, killing six people. Provincial police officials say the raids took place Saturday in the city of Mosul. In the first attack, four people were killed, including a husband and wife. In the second house, gunmen killed (...)

18 - 08 - 2012
Iraq's Kurdish Region Restarts Oil Exports
Oil exports from Iraq's northern Kurdistan region restarted yesterday at 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) in a bid to end a payment dispute with the central government, a senior Kurdistan Regional Government official said. Exports were halted in April due to a payment dispute between Iraq's central (...)

08 - 08 - 2012
Iraq sees wave of attacks on security forces
A wave of brazen attacks killed dozens of Iraqi soldiers, police and anti-Qaeda militiamen in recent days, but security forces say it pales in comparison with the worst years of violence in the country. At least 50 security forces personnel have been killed and 39 wounded in at least 19 separate (...)

04 - 08 - 2012
Iraqi lawmaker escapes assassination attempt
BAGHDAD: A Sunni lawmaker says he escaped an assassination attempt when gunmen ambushed his convoy north of the Iraqi capital. Falah Al-Naqeeb, a member the Sunni-backed Iraqiya parliament bloc, said over the phone on Tuesday that gunmen sprayed the cars with bullets in the Sunni-dominated area (...)

17 - 04 - 2012
Iraqi Kurdistan's Oil Exports Halted Over Pay Dispute
Tensions between Baghdad and the Kurdish region have risen since October last year when Exxon Mobil announced a deal to explore for oil in Kurdistan. Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region halted its oil exports on Sunday, accusing the central government in Baghdad of failing to make payments to (...)

02 - 04 - 2012
UN's Ban tells Assad 'world is waiting'
BAGHDAD - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Syria's President Bashar al-Assad must turn his acceptance of a six-point peace plan into action to divert his country from a "dangerous trajectory" with risks for the entire region. "It essential that President Assad put those commitments (...)

29 - 03 - 2012
Al-Arabi to attend a Summit in Baghdad on Sunday
Arab League Secretary General Dr. Nabil Al-Arabi, heading a delegation of the organization, is scheduled to travel to the Iraqi capital on Sunday, to discuss with Iraqi leaders preparations for the upcoming Arab summit. Ambassador Ahmad Bin Hilli, the Secretary General Deputy, said in a statement (...)

24 - 03 - 2012
Attacks on homes of Iraqi officers kill 1 child
Iraqi officials say a series of bomb blasts targeting homes of police officers have killed one child and wounded nine people northeast of Baghdad. The officials say the explosions were caused by roadside bombs planted near three houses belonging to security officers in Baqouba as families were (...)

04 - 01 - 2012
Iraqi police, heath officials: 18 people killed in twin bombings in Baghdad
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi police and heath officials say 18 people were killed in twin bombings in Baghdad. Police officials said that the Thursday night blast targeted a shop selling music CDs in the capital's Shiite neighborhood of Ur. A hospital medic confirmed the death toll. All officials (...)

27 - 10 - 2011
Death toll in Baghdad blasts jumps to 23
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials say the death toll in a string of blasts targeting police in Baghdad has jumped to 23. Two police officials say 13 people were killed in western Baghdad when a suicide bomber rammed a police station. In the northern Shiite neighborhood of Hurriyah, nine people (...)

12 - 10 - 2011
Blasts kill at least 12 in Iraq's Kerbala
At least two blasts killed 12 people and wounded 30 more in the southern Iraqi city of Kerbala, police said on Sunday. Kerbala, a major Shi'ite holy city 80 km (50 miles) southwest of the capital Baghdad, has often been attacked in the past by Sunni Islamist insurgents targeting Shi'ite pilgrims (...)

25 - 09 - 2011
Iraqi films to participate in Baghdad International Film Festival
A large number of Iraqi directors will participate in the International Baghdad Film Festival next month. Iraqi director Bahgat Sabry will submit his documentary “20 Minutes in Baghdad,” and director Godi al-Kenani's “Al-Alldar Bin-Yousif” will also participate in the festival. In addition, (...)

24 - 09 - 2011
Fire at prison in Iraqi capital kills 8 inmates
Eight inmates were killed in an early morning fire Monday at a prison in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, police and medical officials said. At least 31 other inmates were treated for smoke inhalation and other injuries from the blaze that broke out at dawn in an Interior Ministry jail in Baladiyat, a (...)

19 - 09 - 2011
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