At least five people were killed and 15 injured on Sunday in two suicide bomb attacks targeting a paramilitary Hashd Shaabi base in the ethnically-mixed city of Kirkuk, a local police source said.The attacks occurred in the afternoon when a suicide bomber...

At least 28 persons were killed and 53 injured in twin suicide bomb attacks in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Saturday, a source said.A suspect blew up his explosive vest at the crowded car spare parts market in Sinak area and another suicide bomber detonated...

A total of 97 Islamic State (IS) militants were killed on Sunday in heavy clashes with the security forces and an air strike by the US-led coalition aircraft in the city of Mosul in northern Iraq.The soldiers of the Ninth Armoured Division repelled attacks...

At least 12 terrorists affiliated with the Islamic State (IS) group and nine civilians were killed on Wednesday in airstrikes in an IS-held town near Iraq's western border with Syria, security and medical sources said.An airstrike, believed to be conducted...

At least 43 persons were killed and 40 injured on Sunday in two bombings and a gunfire attack in Iraq's Salahudin province, officials here said.A barrel filled with explosives detonated near a bridge on early Sunday in provincial capital city of Tikrit...

A total of 39 persons were killed and some 40 wounded on Sunday in two bombings and gunfire attacks in Iraqi province of Salahudin, officials here said.A barrel filled with explosives detonated near a bridge on early Sunday in provincial capital city of...

The death toll from two bomb explosions Friday at a busy mall in Baghdad rose to 16, a police source said on Saturday."Our latest report said 16 people were killed and 39 others wounded in the two suicide bomb explosions of al-Nakhil Mall in eastern Baghdad,"...

At least five persons were killed and 19 others injured in a car bomb explosion at a crowded commercial area in Iraq's capital Baghdad, a police source said on Tuesday.The attack took place on Monday night when an explosives-laden car was detonated near...

At least two people were killed and eight injured in a suicide bomb attack targeting police in northern Baghdad on Wednesday.The bomber who wore an explosive vest blew himself up at a police checkpoint in the predominantly Shia district of Shula, Xinhua...

At least 20 people were killed and 70 others wounded when two suicide bombers on Friday blew themselves up in Iraq's Salahuddin province, officials said.The attack occurred shortly after midnight when a group of gunmen disguised in military uniforms stormed...

Iraq began on Monday a three-day national mourning for victims of Sunday's car bombing attacks in Baghdad as the death toll rose to 166.An Interior Ministry source said at least 165 people were killed and 225 wounded in a devastating suicide bomb attack in...

Militants from the Islamic State group stoned a woman to death for alleged adultery in the northern city of Iraq, aided by onlookers, local news site Aranews reported on Friday."Hundreds of people gathered in front of the Zahraa mosque in Mosul to witness the...

At least 23 persons were killed and 73 others wounded on Thursday in two suicide bomb attacks in Iraq's capital Baghdad, an official said.One attack occurred in the morning when a suicide bomber detonated his car bomb at a crowded commercial area near a...

At least 11 persons were killed and 40 others wounded on Thursday in two suicide bomb attacks in Iraq's capital Baghdad, police said.In one attack, a suicide bomber detonated his car bomb amid a big crowd near a cinema building in al-Jadida district, killing...

At least 45 Islamic State militants were killed when they attacked military posts in Mosul city in Iraq, a military official said on Wednesday.Dozens of IS militants attacked Iraqi army posts on Tuesday near the militant-seized town of Qayyara, Xinhua quoted...

Militants from the Islamic State group executed 19 Yezidi girls who refused to be sex slaves by burning them alive inside iron cages, news site ARA News reported.The victims were set ablaze in the centre of Mosul on Thursday in front of a large crowd, ARA News...

Iraqi forces found a mass grave containing about 400 decomposed bodies in a newly-freed town northwest of Islamic State (IS) stronghold Fallujah, a source said on Monday.During a mine clearing operation on Sunday in Shuhadaa district, security forces discovered...

At least 64 people were killed and 87 others injured on Wednesday when a parked car packed with explosives went off in a Shia area in the Iraqi capital, authorities said.The Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility for the deadly attack, saying it was...

At least 13 people were killed and 35 others injured when a car bomb exploded at a busy marketplace in Iraq's capital Baghdad on Wednesday.The massive blast occurred when a booby-trapped car went off at a popular outdoor market in the Shia bastion of Sadr...

A total of 22 Islamic State (IS) terrorists were killed on Sunday during clashes and bomb attacks in Iraq's western province of Anbar, according to security sources.Meanwhile, hundreds of families returned to their homes in the provincial capital city...

At least 26 people were killed and 90 others wounded on Friday in a suicide bomb attack at a football field in Iraq, a local police source told Xinhua."The latest reports said that 26 people were killed in the suicide bombing," the source said on condition...

A total of 15 Iraqi security members were killed and 21 injured on Saturday in suicide car bomb attacks by Islamic State (IS) militants and a blast in a booby-trapped house in Iraq's Anbar province, a source said.An IS suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden...

Iraqi security forces backed by the US-led coalition aircraft on Saturday repelled an attack by Islamic State (IS) militants with three suicide truck bombs near the city of Ramadi, a provincial security source said.The troops fought back the attackers and...

Turkish jets killed 60 Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants in northern Iraq, authorities said on Friday.According to a report by the Dogan News Agency, 21 warplanes, including F-16s and F-4s, took part in the airstrikes against 64 PKK targets in Qandil mountains...

Iran considers China its major partner in the country's development in the aftermath of the nuclear deal reached in the Austrian capital of Vienna last month, Iran's President Hassan Rouhani said here on Saturday.From the beginning of the current Iranian...

A total of 41 militants of the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) were killed in military operations in northern Iraq and southeastern Turkey in the past two days, said a Turkish military statement on Saturday.Turkish security forces attacked the PKK...

IS executes 300 A firing squad of the Islamic State terrorist group on Saturday executed at least 300 civil servants who worked for the Iraqi Supreme Electoral Commission at a military camp in Iraqi city of Mosul, according to witnesses and security officials.The...

The Islamic State (IS) militant group has taken full control of the Iraqi city of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, after the security forces withdrew from their positions, a provincial security source said on Monday.The source told Xinhua news agency...

A top military aide to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, the al-Hadath TV channel reported on Thursday.A crack team of former Baathist soldiers shot dead Wisan Kanan, one of the militant group's...

At least 43 members of the Islamic State (IS) Sunni radical group were killed in clashes with Peshmerga Kurdish troops near the strategic Mosul Dam near the northern Iraqi city by that name, a Kurdish leader said Wednesday.The leader of the Patriotic Union...

At least 33 militants of the Islamic State (IS) Sunni radical group have died Monday in the Iraqi city of Mosul and the surrounding area, including a leader who was responsible for the sale of kidnapped Yazidi women. A spokesman for the Patriotic Union...

At least 27 militants of the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group were killed during clashes with Sinjar Protection Forces in northern Iraq, a Sinjar Forces official said Wednesday.The Sinjar Protection Forces managed to gain control over the two shrines...