Violence In Baghdad

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  "This Must Stop", Says UN After Iraqi Protest Violence Kills Nearly 100

  The United Nations urged Saturday an end to violence in Iraq, after five days of anti-government rallies marred by the killing of nearly 100 people, mainly protesters.

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  2 ISIS Car Bombs In Baghdad Kill At Least 14: Sources

  Two car bombs in Baghdad claimed by ISIS killed at least 14 people on Thursday, police and medics said, part of a surge in violence across the capital at a time when US-backed Iraqi forces are trying to drive the militants from Mosul in the north.

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  Falluja Children Face Extreme Violence, UNICEF Says

  At least 20,000 children remain inside besieged Falluja, ISIS's stronghold near Baghdad, facing the risk of forced recruitment in the fighting and separation from their families, the United Nations' children's agency said on Wednesday.

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  Shiite Pilgrimage Violence Leaves 4 Dead in Baghdad

  Deadly violence erupted overnight when Shiite worshippers marched through a Sunni neighbourhood of Baghdad on their way to a shrine for an annual ritual, police said Thursday.

• Years-Old Nightly Baghdad Curfew Ends

  Iraq's years-old nightly curfew was raised on Sunday in a bid by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi to ease restrictions on daily life despite persistent violence plaguing the country.

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  2 Journalists Among 7 Killed in Iraq Violence

  The Islamic State (IS) group killed seven people on Friday, including two journalists, in the Muqdadiyah area north of Baghdad, their employers and officials said.

• Kurds Tighten Border as Displaced Iraqis Strain Resources

  They used to be symbols of an oil-fuelled boom, but the unfinished buildings in Iraq's Kurdish north are now crammed with people fleeing violence in the rest of the country.

• 14 Killed as Violence Rages North of Baghdad

  Friendly fire on a military ambulance, a suicide attack at a market and a booby trap killed at least 14 people in a fresh day of violence north of Baghdad Saturday.

• At Least 1,119 Iraqis Killed in September: United Nations

  The UN mission in Baghdad says at least 1,119 Iraqis died in violence in September but that the real figure was likely much higher since the organization's death toll does not include killings in areas controlled by the Islamic State group.

• Eight Killed in Baghdad Car Bomb Attacks

  At least eight people were killed and 36 wounded in four car bomb attacks in Iraq's capital Baghdad on Wednesday, an interior ministry source said.

• Number of Deaths in Iraq Falls Sharply in July, UN Says

  Violence killed 1,737 people, mostly civilians, in Iraq in July, when Sunni insurgents seized large swathes of land in the north, United Nations figures showed.

• Baghdad Police Find 15 Dead in Bloody Start to Muslim Holiday

  Iraqi police found 15 corpses on Monday, including three women shot in the head in militia-style killings, in a bloody start to the holiday ending the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, security sources said.

• Iraq Forces Executed 255 Prisoners in Revenge for Islamic State Killings: Rights Group

  Iraqi security forces and government affiliated militias appear to have unlawfully executed at least 255 prisoners over the past month in apparent revenge for killings by Islamic State fighters, according to a rights group on Saturday.

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  India Steps Up Rescue Operations in Iraq; Foreign Ministry to Hold Meeting on Sunday

  With the deepening Iraq violence, India has set up three camp offices to facilitate departure of 10,000 Indians from non-conflicting zones even as External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj has summoned top Indian envoys in Gulf countries for consultations on Sunday.

• Oil Majors Cut Staff in Iraq on Fears Violence Will Spread

  Some oil companies are pulling foreign staff from Iraq, fearing Sunni militants from the north could strike at major oilfields concentrated in the Shi'ite south despite moves by the Baghdad government to tighten security.