Saudis say they don't want war with Iran but will defend themselves
Saudi Arabia does not want war but will not hesitate to defend itself against Iran, a top Saudi diplomat said Sunday, after the kingdom's energy sector was targeted this past week amid heightened tensions in the Persian Gulf. On Sunday night, a rocket crashed in ...
Reopened Baghdad-Fallujah railway a tentative sign of progress in Iraq
The newly revived railway between Baghdad and Fallujah snakes across the western Iraqi desert, through a landscape of burned-out tanks, abandoned cars and collapsed buildings. For the last month, Capt. Imed Hassun has taken pride in once again driving the route between the capital and ...
Islamic State captures nine Iraqi officers in Mosul, kills at least 23 in Baghdad blast
Islamic State militants captured an Iraqi police colonel and eight other officers on Monday after they ran out of ammunition during a skirmish in the battle for western Mosul, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said. The official, who declined to be identified, said the incident ...
Vienna again tops list of nicest cities as Baghdad comes in last
Vienna, Austria's grand capital on the Danube river, has topped consulting firm Mercer's list of cities offering the highest quality of life for the eighth year in a row, while Baghdad is again considered the worst place to live. The survey of 231 cities helps ...
Islamic State member lures Baghdad laborers with job offers, detonates pickup, killing 36
A suicide bomber driving a pickup loaded with explosives struck a bustling market in Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 36 people in an attack claimed by the Islamic State group hours after French President Francois Hollande arrived in the Iraqi capital. The bomb went ...
Women, children among over 90 people killed, nearly 200 injured in separate Baghdad car bombings
At least 91 people were killed Sunday in two bombings in the Iraqi capital, including a large-scale attack claimed by the Islamic State group that killed 86 people — among them 15 children — in a central shopping district, officials said. The bombings demonstrated the ...
Fallujah refugees slam nearby Baghdad over dismal state of desert camps
Tens of thousands of Iraqis who survived a harrowing flight from Fallujah now find themselves in sprawling desert camps with little food, water or shelter. The growing humanitarian crisis less than an hour's drive from Baghdad has reinforced the region's deep-seated distrust of the ...
One third of Fallujah cleared as Islamic State fights on, its guerrillas hit Baghdad
Only a third of Fallujah has been "cleared" of Islamic State militants, the U.S.-led coalition said Tuesday, days after the Iraqi government declared victory in the city west of Baghdad, which was held by the extremists for more than two years. Other parts of the ...
Thousands flee Islamic State-held Fallujah using first safe exit route secured by Iraqi Army
The Iraqi Army said Sunday it has secured the first safe exit route for civilians to leave Islamic State's besieged stronghold of Fallujah, and a Norwegian aid group said thousands of people have already used it to flee on the first day it was ...
Islamic State attacks keep Baghdad's Sadr City Shiite enclave in constant state of mourning
Among the dozens killed when a truck bomb struck a crowded market last week in Baghdad's Sadr City were two brothers, the only sons of Talib Jassum Issa, who got the news in a phone call just minutes after the attack. "The truck had pulled ...
Islamic State hitting at Baghdad disarray in bid to regain initiative: U.S. general
Deadly bombings in Baghdad may signal a shift in tactics by the Islamic State, determined to rebound from a series of battlefield losses and the group's hope that attacks in the capital will distract already divided Iraqi leaders, a top U.S. general said Wednesday. Army ...
Islamic State attacks gas plant, other Baghdad-area targets, killing at least 29
The Islamic State group launched a coordinated assault on a natural gas plant north of Baghdad that killed at least 14 people, while a string of other bomb attacks in or close to the capital killed 15 others, Iraqi officials said. The attack on the ...
