Baghdad

Death toll rose from an initial 18 dead while 45 people were reported as injured in the attack.

Hundreds of supports of the Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr broke through the Green Zone around Baghdad.

After serving as a mess hall for the British army, the Basra palace will become a museum in September.

The hunting party were grabbed from an Iraqi desert camp at dawn in Samawah province.

Sadr has pushed for the government of Haidar al-Abadi to make good on promises of reforms

Militants drove a truck laden with explosives into a crowded checkpoint.

Isis claimed responsibility for the killings in Baghdad, as well as an attack on Abu Ghraib.

The book comes ahead of the release of the Chilcott report into Britain's role in Iraq war.

Bombings also reported in areas south of capital.

Construction to start in Isis stronghold of al-Subaihat, a long-time bastion of Sunni Islam

Three contrators were seized from a southern neighbourhood of the city.

The three US citizens were taken from their translator's home in Baghdad.

Gunmen have brought destruction to multiple cities but 'wolf pack' tactics are no new phenomenon.

The attacks, claimed by Islamic State, included a car bomb and a shooting spree.

Iraq sees biggest death toll in 3 months on Monday with mall attack and car bomb in city.

New Saudi envoy to Baghdad promises leniency for Islamic State militants who surrender.

When I started walking the streets of Baghdad, I was stunned to see Christmas decorations everywhere.

If IS have indeed fled Ramadi it would amount to a significant victory over the terror group.

Iraq crowns beauty queen for the first time since 1972.

Only one of the attacks has been claimed by the Islamic State.

200 are injured after the explosion at Jamilla market in a Shia majority suburb district.

Breaking: Iraqi officials say over 40 people were killed in the Diyala province.

Abadi introduces major political reforms to battle corruption amid protests.

In Iran record 73C temperatures stunned meteorologists as protests erupted in Iraq over electricity.

Thousands of manuscripts and rare books are being painstakingly restored for digital preservation.

Islamic State has claimed responsibility on 23 July for a suicide car bombing in a Baghdad district

EXCLUSIVE: Foreign fighters frustrated by a lack of 'return on investment' on the front line in northern Iraq.

'Technical problem' causes bomb from Sukhoi jet to be dropped on civilians in capital city.

Iraqi army forms two regiments of Anbar tribal fighters to retake city close to Baghdad.

Dozens of security forces taken hostage by Isis jihadists as militants hoist their flags atop government buildings.