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Iraq to get first F-16 jets in early 2014 - official

Iraq will receive the first 24 of 36 F-16 fighter jets it has ordered from the United States at the beginning of 2014, ...

Gunmen kill four Shi`ite farmers in Baghdad attack

Gunmen killed four Shi`ite farmers in the northern outskirts of Baghdad on Monday, police and hospital sources said, ...

Five killed in Iraq violence

Bomb attacks killed five people in Iraq on Sunday, including three members of a family whose house was blown up north ...

Iraq frees last Saddam WMD scientist: minister

The last Iraqi scientist implicated in late dictator Saddam Hussein`s weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programme is ...

Five dead in north Iraq ambush

Unknown gunmen firing Kalashnikovs and machineguns ambushed a police patrol Thursday in north Iraq, killing two ...

Iraq Kurd leader accuses PM Maliki of `dictatorship`

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is monopolising power and preparing the ground for a return to dictatorship, ...

Key issues for the Arab summit in Iraq

Baghdad will host an Arab summit from March 27-29, the first time such a gathering has been held in Iraq in more than ...

Iraq president calls for unity meet in April

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has called for a national conference on April 5 aimed at bridging sharp political ...

Arab League chief arrives in Iraq for summit

Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Arabi arrived in Baghdad on Sunday ahead of this week`s Arab summit in the ...

Brazil reopens embassy in Iraq

Brazil will re-open its embassy in Baghdad, Iraq, this month after it was closed 21 years ago, Agencia Brasil, the ...

Iraq not to invite non-Arab countries to Baghdad summit

Iraq will not invite non-Arab countries to attend the Arab League summit in Baghdad slated for March 29, Iraqi Prime ...

Iraq frees Saddam-era trade minister: official

A former trade minister for now-executed dictator Saddam Hussein, arrested by US forces nearly nine years ago, was ...

Iraq tells iran no arms to Syria to cross its territory

Iraq has informed Iran that it will not permit arms shipments to Syria to pass through or over its ...

Jewellery attack kills eight, 13 dead across Iraq

Gunmen killed eight people in an attack on a jewellery shop on Monday, one of several attacks in and around Baghdad ...

17 killed in Iraq attacks

Attacks in Iraq killed 17 people on Wednesday, including 14 who died in twin bombings in the northern town of Tal ...