A momentous meeting in a symbolic location - 1990 was the last time the Arab League met in Iraq. Syria is expected to be high on the agenda, but the summit is also an opportunity for Iraq to showcase its capital's stability after years of conflict. But some analysts argue the costs of doing so are unjustified and that leaders have got their priorities wrong, given the current welfare of the average Iraqi.
A series of apparently coordinated bombings in a dozen cities across Iraq left at least 45 people dead and at least 190 others wounded on Tuesday, the ninth anniversary of the US-led offensive that led to the 2003 overthrow of Saddam Hussein.
A spate of attacks targeting security forces in and around Baghdad left at least 50 people dead and hundreds wounded on Thursday. The apparently coordinated attacks took place over four hours in Baghdad and in 11 other cities across Iraq.
Armed insurgents set off a series of coordinated bomb blasts in the Iraqi city of Ramadi on Sunday before storming a police building. The violence in the predominantly Sunni city comes a day after a bomber killed scores of Shiite pilgrims in Basra.
Sectarian violence returned to Iraq on Saturday when a suicide bomber disguised as a policeman killed at least 50 people in the southern city of Basra. The bomber targeted Shiite Muslim pilgrims marking the religious festival of Arbain.
A new series of attacks across Iraq on Monday left 11 people dead, many of them Shiite pilgrims, in bombings in and around the capital, including a car bomb that killed four people near a Shiite mosque in southwest Baghdad.
A wave of bomb attacks hits Baghdad, all targeting Shiite areas. Our reporters meet with Iraqis who have already lived through years of sectarian violence. Plus, it’s a key passageway for the world economy - the Strait of Hormuz is vital to the transit of oil coming from the Gulf. With Iran now threatening to close it off, we look at the strategic importance of this shipping route.
With US troops gone for good, will Iraq implode or muddle along? François Picard’s panel looks at the fallout from the deadliest day of sectarian violence in five months.
With US troops gone for good, will Iraq implode or muddle along? François Picard’s panel looks at the fallout from the deadliest day of sectarian violence in five months.
A series of blasts in Shiite-majority areas of Baghdad and across Iraq killed at least 73 people and wounded dozens more on Thursday, triggering fears that sectarian violence is on the rise.
