http://www.rferl.org/archive/Iraq/latest/661/661.html RFE/RL's latest news, features, commentary, and multimedia content on Iraq http://www.rferl.org/img/rssLogo_RFERL.gif http://www.rferl.org/archive/Iraq/latest/661/661.html en-US Copyright 2010 - RFE/RL, Inc. 60 Wed, 22 May 2013 12:28:26 +0000 Pangea CMS – RFE/RL Security officials say new attacks in Iraq have killed at least seven people and injured dozens. http://www.rferl.org/content/deadly-car-bombs-iraq/24992539.html http://www.rferl.org/content/deadly-car-bombs-iraq/24992539.html Tue, 21 May 2013 09:55:40 +0000 Iraq Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki says he will alter his country's security strategy after a wave of attacks killed scores of people across the country on May 20. http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-deadly-bombing-wave/24991695.html http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-deadly-bombing-wave/24991695.html Mon, 20 May 2013 13:28:10 +0000 Iraq RFE/RL Iraqi officials say at least 27 people have been killed in a series of car bomb attacks in mainly Shi'ite districts of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-bombings-baghdad-basra-shiite-sunni/24991216.html http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-bombings-baghdad-basra-shiite-sunni/24991216.html Mon, 20 May 2013 08:27:28 +0000 Iraq The United States says it has allowed an Iraqi bank to again conduct business with the U.S. financial system “following the bank’s significant and demonstrated change in behavior." http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-bank-sanctions-us/24989587.html http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-bank-sanctions-us/24989587.html Fri, 17 May 2013 19:02:52 +0000 Iraq More than 75 people are reported to have been killed in Iraq in a series of bomb attacks apparently targeting minority Sunni Muslims. http://www.rferl.org/content/bomb-attack-baquba-iraq/24989145.html http://www.rferl.org/content/bomb-attack-baquba-iraq/24989145.html Fri, 17 May 2013 12:25:13 +0000 Iraq An American soldier convicted of killing five of his colleagues in Iraq in May 2009 has been sentenced to life in prison. http://www.rferl.org/content/us-soldier-iraq-killings/24989004.html http://www.rferl.org/content/us-soldier-iraq-killings/24989004.html Fri, 17 May 2013 10:41:19 +0000 Iraq A group of exiles from an Iranian opposition group has been relocated from Iraq to Albania. http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-albania-mko-exiles/24988410.html http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-albania-mko-exiles/24988410.html Thu, 16 May 2013 17:27:37 +0000 Iraq RFE/RL A series of attacks across Iraq have left at least 19 people dead and dozens more injured. http://www.rferl.org/content/another-car-bomb-iraq/24987773.html http://www.rferl.org/content/another-car-bomb-iraq/24987773.html Thu, 16 May 2013 09:37:25 +0000 Iraq Iraqi officials say a number of bombings have killed at least 15 people across the country. http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-deadly-attacks/24987266.html http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-deadly-attacks/24987266.html Wed, 15 May 2013 17:14:43 +0000 Iraq The first of some 2,000 fighters from the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in Turkey have crossed the border into Iraq's northern Kurdistan region under a peace plan agreed with Ankara. But what will they do there? http://www.rferl.org/content/pkk-arrival-iraq-turkey/24987141.html http://www.rferl.org/content/pkk-arrival-iraq-turkey/24987141.html Wed, 15 May 2013 15:17:08 +0000 Iraq Ron Synovitz, Abdul Hamid Zibari Iraqi officials say at least 11 people have been killed after gunmen opened fire on a line of liquor stores in the capital Baghdad. http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-alcohol-stores-gunmen-attack/24986226.html http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-alcohol-stores-gunmen-attack/24986226.html Tue, 14 May 2013 20:07:12 +0000 Iraq The first contingent of Kurdish rebels leaving Turkey as part of a peace deal with Ankara has arrived in the Harur area of Iraqi Kurdistan. http://www.rferl.org/content/turkey-iraq-pkk-arrive/24985457.html http://www.rferl.org/content/turkey-iraq-pkk-arrive/24985457.html Tue, 14 May 2013 09:31:03 +0000 Iraq Iraq's central government has said it would not accept armed groups entering its territory as Kurdish militants began withdrawing from Turkey under a peace deal with Ankara. http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-kurdish-pkk/24981528.html http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-kurdish-pkk/24981528.html Thu, 09 May 2013 14:53:15 +0000 Iraq Three attacks in Baghdad have killed at least 17 people. http://www.rferl.org/content/baghdad-hit-deadly-attacks/24978709.html http://www.rferl.org/content/baghdad-hit-deadly-attacks/24978709.html Tue, 07 May 2013 05:39:38 +0000 Iraq Iraq’s local elections ended without a single political bloc in the country walking away with a majority in any province. The results indicate deeper polarization and the hardening of sectarian lines in the country. http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-election-results-analysis/24978442.html http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-election-results-analysis/24978442.html Mon, 06 May 2013 16:18:12 +0000 Iraq Frud Bezhan Iraqi police officials say at least 10 people were killed in bomb attacks in Baghdad on May 6. http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-bomb-attacks/24978364.html http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-bomb-attacks/24978364.html Mon, 06 May 2013 15:17:51 +0000 Iraq Since the ousting of Saddam Hussein's regime 10 years ago, the marshlands that he systematically destroyed have responded to efforts to replenish them with water and wildlife. RFE/RL looks at the prospects for marshland Iraqis who are returning to resume their traditional way of life. http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-marshlands/24977090.html http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-marshlands/24977090.html Sun, 05 May 2013 09:05:23 +0000 Iraq Ron Synovitz Official results show Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s Shi’ite-led coalition finishing strongest in Iraqi provincial elections held two weeks ago. http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-voting-results/24977054.html http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-voting-results/24977054.html Sun, 05 May 2013 08:20:31 +0000 Iraq Iraqi officials say at least five people have been killed and about 20 others injured in a car-bomb attack at a Sunni mosque in a predominantly Sunni area of Rashidiya, north of Baghdad. http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-car-bomb-mosque/24975963.html http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-car-bomb-mosque/24975963.html Fri, 03 May 2013 13:39:04 +0000 Iraq While Freedom House classifies 13 of RFE/RL's broadcast countries as "not free," and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) puts three of RFE/RL’s broadcast countries squarely in the worst category, RFE/RL journalists are still on the ground, determined to report the news. http://www.rferl.org/content/press-freedom-/24975932.html http://www.rferl.org/content/press-freedom-/24975932.html Fri, 03 May 2013 13:26:04 +0000 Watchdog http://www.rferl.org/content/press-freedom-/24975932.html#relatedInfoContainer May 3 was proclaimed World Press Freedom Day by the United Nations General Assembly in 1993. http://www.rferl.org/content/world-press-freedom-day/24975281.html http://www.rferl.org/content/world-press-freedom-day/24975281.html Fri, 03 May 2013 01:12:36 +0000 News RFE/RL The United Nation's mission in Iraq has said that April was the deadliest month in that country since June 2008. http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-deadliest-month/24975206.html http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-deadliest-month/24975206.html Thu, 02 May 2013 18:05:30 +0000 Iraq RFE/RL A British man has been jailed for 10 years for selling fake bomb detectors, many of them to the Iraqi government. http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-seller-fake-bomb-detecter-jaied/24974834.html http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-seller-fake-bomb-detecter-jaied/24974834.html Thu, 02 May 2013 12:10:43 +0000 News Three separate car bomb attacks in central Iraq have killed at least eight people. http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-deadly-car-bomb-baghdad-suburb/24973725.html http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-deadly-car-bomb-baghdad-suburb/24973725.html Wed, 01 May 2013 10:35:55 +0000 Iraq A U.S. government advisory body says that Iran, Iraq, Pakistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan are among the world's worst violators of religious freedom. http://www.rferl.org/content/religious-freedom-us-iran-iraq-pakistan-uzbekistan-tajikistan-turkmenistan/24973030.html http://www.rferl.org/content/religious-freedom-us-iran-iraq-pakistan-uzbekistan-tajikistan-turkmenistan/24973030.html Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:48:23 +0000 News Richard Solash A series of car bombs struck predominantly Shi'ite areas of Iraq on April 29, killing at least 36. http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-sectarian-bomb/24971583.html http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-sectarian-bomb/24971583.html Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:02:33 +0000 Iraq A senior Iraqi official says authorities have suspended the licenses of pan-Arab broadcaster Al-Jazeera and nine other satellite channels for allegedly promoting violence and sectarianism. http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-television-suspensions-sectarianism/24970862.html http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-television-suspensions-sectarianism/24970862.html Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:18:04 +0000 Iraq Iraqi authorities have placed a curfew on the whole of Anbar province following the killing of five soldiers there. http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-anbar-curfew/24970589.html http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-anbar-curfew/24970589.html Sun, 28 Apr 2013 04:30:05 +0000 Iraq Authorities in Iraq say eight members of the security forces have been killed in separate attacks. http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-violence/24970314.html http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-violence/24970314.html Sat, 27 Apr 2013 12:19:40 +0000 Iraq Turkey has said its forces will show restraint when Kurdish rebels begin withdrawing from the country next month. http://www.rferl.org/content/turkey-pkk-kurdish-rebels-retreat/24969893.html http://www.rferl.org/content/turkey-pkk-kurdish-rebels-retreat/24969893.html Fri, 26 Apr 2013 18:56:46 +0000 News The United Nations has warned that Iraq is at a "crossroads" as a wave of violence killed more than 190 people in four days. http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-violence-un-crossroads/24969766.html http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-violence-un-crossroads/24969766.html Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:39:39 +0000 Iraq Iraqi authorities say security forces have retaken control of a Sunni town north of Baghdad after gunmen who seized it agreed to withdraw. http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-sunni-town/24969421.html http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-sunni-town/24969421.html Fri, 26 Apr 2013 11:27:14 +0000 Iraq There has been fresh fighting between Iraqi security forces and insurgents, one day after clashes between troops and protesters in the northern town of Hawija left at least 23 people dead. http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-violence-sectarian-clashes/24967387.html http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-violence-sectarian-clashes/24967387.html Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:12:25 +0000 Iraq Iraqi security forces have raided a Sunni protest camp, sparking a deadly gunbattle. http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-tensions-high-raid-sunni-camp/24966456.html http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-tensions-high-raid-sunni-camp/24966456.html Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:27:47 +0000 Iraq Iraqi military sources say at least 26 people were killed when security forces and Sunni Muslim protesters clashed after an army raid on a camp of antigovernment demonstrators. http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-sunni-protesters-dead/24965841.html http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-sunni-protesters-dead/24965841.html Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:01:42 +0000 Iraq Iraqis in several provinces dominated by the country's Sunni Muslim minority halted work and boycotted schools and universities on April 22 to protest what they see as discrimination by the Shi'ite-led government. http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-sunni-protest/24965330.html http://www.rferl.org/content/iraq-sunni-protest/24965330.html Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:07:12 +0000 Iraq