BAGHDAD — Thousands of Shiites from Baghdad and across southern Iraq answered an urgent call to arms Saturday, joining security forces to fight the Islamic militants...
MANILA — In view of the deteriorating security situation in Iraq, the Department of Foreign Affairs has raised the crisis alert level for all areas in...
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says his country is ready to help Iraq if asked, adding it has “no option but to confront terrorism.”...
KIRKUK, Iraq — After a decades-long dispute between Arabs and Kurds over the oil-rich northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, it took just an hour and a...
UNITED NATIONS — The UN agencies are stepping up humanitarian aid in north Iraq, where humanitarian and security situation is worsening due to recent attacks by...
BAGHDAD — Al-Qaida-inspired militants seized effective control Wednesday of Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit, expanding their offensive closer to the Iraqi capital as soldiers and security...
WASHINGTON — The deaths of five Americans killed in a U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan stand as a fresh reminder of the dangers of friendly fire, an...
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s prime minister has asked parliament to declare a state of emergency over a militant attack in Mosul. Nouri al-Maliki made the call in...
BAGHDAD – Iraqi officials say a suicide car bomb attack on a police checkpoint north of Baghdad has killed five people, including three policemen. Police officials...