Tag: Iraq

Iraqi forces shot three anti-government protesters dead in Nassiriya on Sunday, police and medics said, adding to scores killed in weeks of unrest that...

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi will step down if parliament’s main blocs agree on a replacement, the country’s president said, but thousands of...

Thousands of Iraqis protested in Baghdad’s central Tahrir Square for a fifth day, angered by reports of security forces killing demonstrators in Kerbala and...

Thousands of Iraqi protesters stood fast in Baghdad’s central Tahrir Square, defying a bloody crackdown that killed scores over the weekend and an overnight...

An Iraqi government committee investigating a wave of unrest found 149 civilians were killed because security forces used excessive force and live fire to...

Iraq appointed new education and health ministers a day after Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi promised to reshuffle government and enact reforms to stem...

Days of deadly anti-government protests in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities brought few real concessions but when bloodshed spread to a particular poor, restive...

At least eight people were killed in new clashes between Iraqi security forces and anti-government protesters in the sixth day of unrest with the...

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi declared a curfew in Baghdad until further notice after seven people were killed and more than 400 injured...

Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi sought on Monday to curb the powers of influential Iranian-backed Shi’ite Muslim militias, a politically risky move apparently...