Iraq

Kurds' oil deal with Turkey will hit Iraq

24 May 2012

ERBIL, Iraq, May 24 (UPI) -- Plans for Iraq's semiautonomous Kurdish enclave to build an oil pipeline to Turkey points to a major political and economic realignment in the Middle East that will impact heavily on Iraq.

Four Russian bikers arrested in Iraq

24 May 2012

Four Russians decided to take a motorcycle trip in Iraq, but their adventure took a turn for the worse when they were arrested by security forces and were allegedly accused of spying and beaten.

Iraq bomb kills Lebanese pilgrims

23 May 2012

At least three Lebanese Shia pilgrims in Iraq are killed and seven wounded as their bus in hit by a roadside bomb in the central city of Ramadi.