Iraqis rally to support protest leader for prime minister

Hundreds of Iraqis rallied Sunday to support a protest leader they want as prime minister instead of current premier-designate Mohammad Allawi, who ...

Video shows moment unknown gunmen assassinate Iraqi activist in Karbala

A video being shared on social media reportedly shows the moment unidentified gunmen assassinated civil activist Fahem al-Taie in Karbala, several ...

Officials hold talks in Iraq capital as violence hits Najaf, Karbala

Iraq's politicians gathered in Baghdad on Tuesday to discuss a way out of two months of protests that brought down the previous government, as ...

Fresh clashes erupt in Baghdad despite call for calm by top cleric

Fresh clashes between Iraqi security forces and anti-government protesters broke out in Baghdad on Friday despite a call for calm by the country&rsquo ...

Iraq’s PM urges protesters to stop, says unrest is hurting the economy

Iraq’s Prime Minister Adil Abdul-Mahdi appealed on Sunday to protesters to help restore normal life across the country and said the unrest was ...

At least 18 dead during break up of Iraq’s Karbala protests: Medical sources

At least 18 people were killed during the break up of a sit-in by protesters in Iraq’s Karbala early Tuesday morning, medical sources told Al ...

ISIS claims responsibility for Iraq bus bombing that killed 12

ISIS militants have claimed responsibility for a bus bombing that killed 12 people near the Iraqi city of Karbala, the Amaq news agency reported on ...

Iraq: Minibus explosion outside Karbala kills 12, injures 5

Twelve civilians were killed on Friday in a bomb blast on a bus at the northern edge of the Iraqi Shiite holy city of Karbala, medical officials said. ...

Iraqi novelist gunned down in Karbala

A motorcycle gunman shot dead an Iraqi novelist close to his house in the city of Karbala on Saturday, police and eyewitnesses said. Alaa Mashzoub, 50 ...

Iraq protests leave 14 dead in two weeks

At least 14 people have been killed in Iraq in two weeks of protests over corruption and lack of public services, a member of the state human rights ...

Iraq deploys security forces in Najaf after day of protests

Iraqi security forces have deployed on the streets of the Shiite holy city of Najaf after a day of angry protests against poor public services and ...

Iraqi protesters storm provincial government building in Karbala

Protesters stormed the provincial government building in the Iraqi city of Karbala on Saturday, a Reuters witness said. Protests over poor government ...

Young Iraqi takes over governor’s job for a week after Facebook challenge

Inspired by a Canadian internet user, 27-year-old Iraqi Alaa Ibrahimi just spent a week completing an unusual challenge – living the life of the ...

Suspicious Iranian links to blast in Iraq’s Karbala, sources say

The blast that killed three people and injured 15 others on Friday in the Iraqi city of Karbala was linked to Iran link, sources told Al Arabiya. ...

ISIS truck bomb targets Shiite pilgrims in Iraq

Suicide truck bomb kills about 100 in Iraq, mostly Iranian pilgrims

Pictures of slain Iran fighters put up on way to Iraq’s shrines

Tehran sticks to policy of exploiting Shiite religious occasions to inflame sectarian sentiments

How Iran manipulates Iraq through sectarian events

It is no secret that Iran is well involved in the political, and social life in Iraq

ISIS suicide bomber kills six near Iraq’s Karbala

Six suicide bombers tried to infiltrate the holy Shiite city of Karbala, but one managed to brake into a house and blow himself up

ISIS suicide bomber targeting Iraq Shiites kills four

Latest attack comes as Iraqi forces close in on Mosul, the last Isis-held city in the country

ISIS claims suicide bombing at Iraqi wedding

Five attackers armed with suicide vests, rifles and grenades killed 18 people in the Iraqi oasis town of Ain al-Tamer

Rare deadly ISIS bombing in Iraq’s Karbala

The first car bombing in Iraq's holy Shiite city of Karbala in more than two years killed at least three people Tuesday

Iraq’s Karbala registers record number of pilgrims

To welcome the pilgrims, the country had to revise its security plan and open new access routes to Karbala

Millions of Shiite Muslims commemorate Arbain in Karbala

Shiite pilgrims flock to Iraq holy city, government fears attack

Iraqi Prime Minister says Islamic State of Iraq and Syria militant group targeting event

Iraq security forces on alert as Shiites gather for Ashoura

The presence of ISIS militants raises the possibility of wider bloodshed this time as crowds gather

Influx of internally displaced leads to baby boom in Iraq’s Karbala

Of the 2,000 births at one Karbala hospital, 500 were from mothers who have been displaced as a result of the conflict in Iraq

Young Iraqis volunteer to fight surging militants

The massive response to the call by the Iranian-born Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani comes as sectarian tensions are at an all-time high

ISIS urges militants to march to Baghdad

Spokesman for the Sunni militant group, ISIS, Abu Mohammed al-Adnani vowed that the battle would ‘rage’ on Baghdad and Karbala