Baghdad

'Three Katyusha rockets targeting the American embassy fell close to the Green Zone, near the [Tigris] river,' an Iraqi security official described earlier

'It is critical that all those responsible for the brutal, premeditated assassination of Mr. Troell face justice and accountability,' said the State Department

The bombing, occurring on July 3, 2016 in the Karrada shopping area, was one of the deadliest terrorist acts globally since the 9/11 attacks

Specialists were tasked with putting the bear to sleep before removing it from the plane, delaying take-off

Protests come after an ultranationalist group burned a copy of the Quran in front of the Iraqi Embassy in Copenhagen on Friday

The suspect is believed to have been part of an Al Qaeda cell 'partly responsible for several bombings in the Green Zone of Baghdad in 2009 and 2010'

Baghdad has been irritated to see the autonomous Kurdish region go it alone by exporting its oil via Turkey

'It's the culture, the education, that were deliberately destroyed, attacked, in a country with a thousands-year-old history'

'This important visit comes at a time marked by great challenges, so it is essential to talk and discuss these challenges which affect the region as a whole'

Rashid, hailing from Sulaimaniyah of Iraq's northern Kurdistan region, 'is no stranger to Baghdad'

Lawmakers meeting for their fourth attempt this year to secure a head of state

Three failed attempts already made this year to elect a new head of state

'With each house collapsing, Baghdad also loses a piece of its identity'

'Not this government and neither the previous one. We are against the political system in its entirety'

The attack came before police fired tear gas and stun grenades at several hundred supporters of Moqtada Sadr

Employees returned to work Sunday for the first time since Sadr's supporters stormed legislature in late July

Medics say 15 Sadr supporters have been shot dead and 350 other protesters wounded

'I've decided not to meddle in political affairs. I, therefore, announce now my definitive retirement'

Talks would aim to reach an agreement for a direct meeting between the Saudi and Iranian foreign ministers

Standoff intensifies between Sadrists and Shiite rivals in the pro-Iran Coordination Framework

Country still has no government 10 months after general election last October

'You will not break Iraq as long as Sadr is here. There is no going back from this revolution'

Protesters return to parliament in Baghdad at calling of Muqtada al-Sadr

'This group chants against corruption, that group chants against corruption. They're all thieves'