Iran has strongly condemned the recent car bombing in the central Iraqi province of Babil, and urged collective efforts from all members of the international community to counter the global threat. On Monday, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham deplored the continuation of such terrorist attacks in Iraq and extended her sympathy to ...

At least 12 people are killed in a spate of bombings targeting different areas of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. According to Iraqi officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity on Wednesday, nine bombings, including seven car bombs, rocked six areas of the capital, AFP reported. More than 60 people were also injured in the bombings, the officials ...

TEHRAN (Tasnim) The United Nations said that violence across Iraq in February killed 703 people, a death toll higher than the year before as the country faces a rising wave of militant attacks. The figures issued by the UN Mission to Iraq is close to January's death toll of 733, showing that a surge of violence that began 10 months ago with a government ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- At least 13 people were killed and 19 others injured in a string of attacks that rocked Northern Iraq on Wednesday, security sources said. A militant blew himself up with an explosive-laden car, targeting a military checkpoint in Ninawa province, taking his own life along with two army troops, Haberler.com reported. The attack also ...

Nine Iraqi soldiers and seven policemen have been killed in overnight attacks and clashes across the country. Local sources said Saturday that five of the soldiers lost their lives in fighting with militants in the Jurf al-Sakhr area of the capital, Baghdad. In the city of Tikrit, gunmen also shot dead a police colonel in his home and killed four ...

At least nine people have been killed in two brutal incidents in Iraq. Security and medical sources said both incidents took place in the northern province of Salahuddin on Sunday. In the first incident, a group of militants attacked a police station near a stadium in the town of Tuz Khormato, shooting dead six policemen. In the town of Baiji,...

(Reuters) - Three car bombs exploded near Baghdad's heavily-fortified "Green Zone", home to the prime minister's office and several Western embassies, killing nine people early on Wednesday, security sources said. The blasts came a day after two rockets were fired into the Green Zone, and are likely to heighten concerns about Iraq's ability to protect ...

BAGHDAD In an interview withAl-Monitor, former Iraqi Vice President Adil Abdul-Mahdi, who is a leader in the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC), spoke about thornyand sensitive issues while describing the Iraqi political situation. Abdul-Mahdi who resigned his vice presidential post in 2011 said that hedoes not wish to see Prime Minister Nouri ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Half a dozen bomb explosions killed 24 people and wounded 58 in Baghdad on Monday, Iraqi police and medics said. The bloodiest attack occurred in mainly Shiite Muslim Abu Dsheer district in the South of the Iraqi capital, where a car bomb near a crowded market killed seven people and wounded 18. By Fars News Agency   The ...

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has called for a strong international stance against countries supporting al-Qaeda-linked militants. On Wednesday, the Iraqi prime minister urged global action against countries who give support to militants operating against the Iraqi government, saying Baghdad is fighting to defend the world, humanity and justice....

The Iraqi military and Sunni tribesmen continue their offensive against al-Qaeda-linked insurgents in the western province Anbar. On Wednesday, new video footage emerged showing military aircraft targeting militants loyal to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Last week, the government lost control of parts of Ramadi and all of Fallujah ...

Tehran, Jan 6, IRNA Chairman of the Expediency Council said Tuesday evening that all sects and ethnic groups should be unified to fight the ominous phenomenon of terrorism in Iraq. Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani made the remarks in a meeting with visiting member of Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council Adel Abdul-Mahdi. Rafsanjani made it clear that ...

TEHRAN (ISNA)- Iranian Foreign Ministry announced that the country supports Iraqi government's measure for keeping unity and solidarity across Iraq. "We support Iraqi measures for protecting its national unity and these measures help keeping national unity of the country," Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham told ISNA. "Iraq's ...

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's prime minister urged Fallujah residents on Monday to expel al-Qaida militants to avoid an all-out battle in the besieged city, a sign that the government could be paving the way for an imminent military push in an attempt to rout hard-line Sunni insurgents challenging its territorial control over the western approaches to Baghdad....

TEHRAN Even as the United States and Iran pursue negotiations on Tehrans nuclear program, they find themselves on the same side of a range of regional issues surrounding an insurgency raging across the Middle East. While the two governments quietly continue to pursue their often conflicting interests, they are being drawn together by their mutual ...

Over thirty people have been killed in clashes between Iraqi security forces and al-Qaeda-linked militants in the western province of Anbar. According to Iraqi officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity on Sunday, the Iraqi army fought the militants around the strategic city of Ramadi, The Associated Press reported. The officials said that ...

Iran and Turkey discuss the crisis in Syria and the ongoing clashes in western Iraq, calling for an end to violence in the neighboring Arab countries. Tehran is working with Turkey to resolve their differences over Syria, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said late on Saturday, stressing that any solution to the prolonged crisis in the ...