Sources: AFP Press TV Xinhua
Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr set fire to the Swedish embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, in response to a planned Quran desecration demonstration in Stockholm, Sweden. The Swedish foreign ministry confirms the safety of its embassy staff while the Iraqi foreign ministry condemns the incident, initiating an investigation to identify those responsible. 2023-07-20
"Reuters" reports the Obama Administration will be opening new screening centers for Syrian refugees in Iraq and Lebanon to speed up the process for getting vetted individuals to the United States. 2015-11-6
A major Switzerland based commodities firm, Trafigura, played a "pivotal" role in the ability of the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of Iraq to export oil, exports that the central government in Baghdad has prohibited. 2014-12-2
The last convoy of United States Army soldiers withdraws from Iraq, marking the formal end of the Iraq War. 2011-12-18
At least 17 mainly Iranian people are killed in a collision of two buses on a highway near the holy site of Najaf, Iraq. 2010-12-3
Detainees at the Villawood Immigration Detention Centre in Sydney, Australia, go on a hunger strike following the suicide of an Iraqi detainee. 2010-11-16
The Iraqi Council of Representatives convenes in Baghdad three months after inconclusive elections. 2010-06-14
Two bombs killed 42 people and wounded 65 others in Iraq's mainly Sunni Diyala province, prior to the release of full preliminary results from the March 7 parliamentary election. 2010-03-27
Voters in Iraq take part in parliamentary elections and a referendum on the Status of Forces Agreement. 2010-03-7
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden holds talks with Iraqi political leaders ahead of the March parliamentary election. 2010-01-23