‘Baghdad Central’ lacks authenticity, like so many films about foreign lands made by foreigners
This year, an unprecedented fiscal crunch caused by low oil prices forced the government to suspend infrastructure investments. But new dams alone won’t save Iraq’s waterways, experts warn.
Demands for the government to resign have led to deadly clashes since October 1
Kevin Davie travels to the revived marshland home of the enemies Saddam Hussein set out to destroy.
Christmas for Iraq’s remaining Christian community means celebrating behind blast walls and barbed wire.
At least 11 co-ordinated car bombs have ripped through mostly Shi’ite neighbourhoods in Baghdad, killing many and wounding dozens.
The United States has condemned the perpetrators of deadly attacks in Iraq as "enemies of Islam" and called the acts "cowardly".
A series of car bombs in mainly Shi’ite areas of Baghdad has killed 60 people and wounded 140.
Tattoo parlours are becoming increasingly popular in Baghdad, despite opposition from traditionalists.
A string of explosions have torn through Baghdad followed by an assault by gunmen who raided a government building, leaving at least 22 people dead.
A suicide bomber detonated a car packed with explosives at an Iraqi army checkpoint north of Baghdad, killing at least three people, says police.
A string of car bomb attacks in Baghdad has killed 17 people, deepening fears of an increase in violence as sectarian tensions simmer in Iraq.
In the city of Mosul, out of view of visiting Arab dignitaries next week, al-Qaeda still controls the streets and people still whisper about death.
Car and roadside bombs have killed at least 43 people in cities across Iraq, extending a spate of violence ahead of next week’s Arab League summit.
Nato has ended its training mission in Iraq. Hopes for an extension deal collapsed as Baghdad refused to grant the troops immunity from prosecution.
As the US withdraws its remaining 39 000 troops from Iraq, the influence of its nemesis Iran in the corridors of power in Baghdad is likely to rise.
Iraqi security forces were on alert on Friday after a massive car bomb ripped through a funeral ceremony in a Shiite district of Baghdad.
Three suicide bombers detonated car bombs within moments of each other in a coordinated attack on foreign missions in central Baghdad on Sunday.
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/ 25 January 2010
At least 36 people were killed and 71 wounded in three apparently coordinated minibus-borne bombings that targeted hotels in Baghdad on Monday.
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/ 15 December 2009
Three car bombs during peak morning rush hour in the centre of Baghdad on Tuesday killed at least four people and injured 14, an official said.
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/ 10 December 2009
An al-Qaeda group in Iraq has claimed responsibility for five coordinated bombings that killed 127 people in Baghdad, US-based monitors said.
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/ 28 October 2009
The latest bomb attacks in Baghdad have increased pressure on Nuri al-Maliki, who is already in the cross-hairs of former Shi’ite allies.
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/ 27 October 2009
Baghdad’s governor called on Tuesday for the Iraqi interior minister to be fired over twin bombings claimed by al-Qaeda.
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/ 27 October 2009
Al-Qaeda’s umbrella group in Iraq claimed responsibility for the twin suicide bombings in the heart of Baghdad that killed at least 155 people.
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/ 26 October 2009
Baghdad’s governor on Monday blamed negligence or even collusion by the security forces for Sunday’s deadly bombings.
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/ 25 October 2009
Twin car bombs targeting two government buildings killed at least 62 people and wounded 158 in central Baghdad on Sunday, police said.
Iraq detained 10 senior security officers and tightened security across Baghdad on Thursday after two truck bombs in the capital killed 95 people.
A series of explosions killed at least 75 people and wounded more than 300 in central Baghdad on Wednesday.
Four people were killed in Baghdad on Friday in a series of bomb attacks aimed at Shi’ite pilgrims marking a key religious ceremony, an official said.
The blast walls that have divided Baghdad communities since the US-led invasion in 2003 will be removed within 40 days, Iraq said on Wednesday.
A string of powerful bomb attacks targetting Shi’ite Muslim worshippers in Baghdad on Friday killed 27 people, security officials said.
Iraqi forces assumed formal control of Baghdad and other cities on Tuesday after American troops handed over security in urban areas.