The commander of the Iraqi army's 6th division has been killed by shelling west of Baghdad, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's security spokesman said in a statement.
Iraq's highest court on Monday overturned controversial term limits on senior posts, clearing the way for Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to chase a third term in elections next year.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s spokesman has stressed that Baghdad will not be a launching pad for attack against Syrian soil.
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has warned about a “sectarian storm” and “bloodshed” in the region and called for national reconciliation.
Bombings and a shooting left eighteen dead in Iraq Tuesday, the latest violence in a country beset by sectarian which government says is fueled by certain political parties.
Iraqi security forces have arrested a man who had hidden an explosive belt in a TV to detonate it in a security checkpoint in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul.
Five car bombs in south of Baghdad have killed 18 people, the latest attacks in a seven-day wave of violence costing more than 230 lives across Iraq.