Iraq’s Foreign Ministry said it is verifying reports about the signing of a protocol between the US and parties of the “Iraqi resistance”—without the Iraqi government’s knowledge.
One day after the vote, an opposition party claimed there had been violations in the presidential and parliamentary elections in Iraq's self-ruled Kurdish region.
At least five people were killed in attacks targeting Shi’ite pilgrims in Baghdad commemorating the martyrdom anniversary of the seventh Imam, Musa al-Kadhim.
The National Court of Spain July 14 dismissed charges against three US soldiers who were accused of being involved in the death of Spanish cameraman José Couso. The soldiers allegedly opened fire on a Baghdad hotel frequented by Western journalists… Read moreSpanish court dismisses charges against US soldiers for killing journalist in Iraq
Iraqi Christians say they received threats and warned authorities ahead of the wave of bombings at seven churches in Baghdad and Mosul that have left four dead and over 30 injured.
Iraq’s Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) voted to postpone a referendum on the autonomous region’s constitution that lays claim to oil-rich Kirkuk after it was assailed by Baghdad as “secessionist.”
Iraqi insurgent leader Abu Omar al-Baghdad, repeatedly announced dead or captured, issued a statementurging his insurgents to keep fighting despite the US pull-back from Iraq’s cities.
The Kurdish regional government is protesting Baghdad’s new deal with international majors to develop Iraq’s oil fields, saying the dispute over the northern Kirkuk fields has not been resolved.
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki proclaimed June 30 “National Sovereignty Day” as US forces withdraw from Iraq’s cities. But many fear the US-trained Counter Terrorism Bureau that will be moving in.
Regional managers in the Iraqi oil industry are protesting pending contracts to foreign oil companies to develop six of the country’s largest oil-fields over the next 20 to 25 years.
Former US soldier Steven Green was sentenced to life in prison for the rape and murder of an Iraqi teenage girl and the murder of her family in Mahmudiya.
A Spanish court reinstated charges against three US soldiers in the death of cameraman José Couso, which occurred when the soldiers opened fire on a Baghdad in 2003.
