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Six Iraqi soldiers were hurt in a suicide attack in western Anbar province. (AFP/ File Photo)

April 8th, 2018 - 12:18 GMT

Suicide Bombing Leaves 6 Soldiers Injured in Anbar Province, Iraq

Six Iraqi soldiers were injured Sunday in a suicide bombing in the western Anbar province, according to a military officer.

Iraq soldiers have been deployed to counteract anti-government fighters in Ramadi (Azher Shallal/AFP)

January 19th, 2014 - 11:37 GMT

Iraqi army launches Ramadi operation, imposes movement ban on city

Iraq's leader Al Maliki rejected Ban's calls for dialogue, saying: "We do not hold dialogue with Al Qaeda". (AFP)

January 14th, 2014 - 08:05 GMT

U.N. calls on Iraq to use "dialogue" to resolve Anbar crisis

Iraqi policemen march during a ceremony marking police forces 92nd anniversary in the capital Baghdad on January 9, 2014. [AFP]

January 11th, 2014 - 12:36 GMT

U.N. backs Iraq's fight against Al-Qaeda

Will the U.S. train elite Iraqi forces in Jordan? (AFP/File)

January 10th, 2014 - 06:42 GMT

Officials: U.S. considering training Iraqi troops to fight Al Qaeda

Several parts of Anbar province have been outside government control - and under the command of Al Qaeda-linked militants - for several days. (AFP)

January 9th, 2014 - 09:09 GMT

Iraqi tribes "recapture majority" of Anbar province, partial calm restored

An armed Iraqi holds his rifle, as he looks towards a burnt out lorry seen at the side of the main highway leading west out of the capital Baghdad to the city of Fallujah, in Anbar province, on January 5, 2014. [AFP]

January 6th, 2014 - 04:00 GMT

Iraqi air force strikes Anbar to try to oust al Qaeda

A family gathers to pray over the body of one of their relatives who was killed this weekend in clashes in Fallujah (AFP)

January 5th, 2014 - 07:17 GMT

US to back Iraq's fight against Al Qaeda, but only in words

Fighting began in the Ramadi area on December 30, 2013, when security forces removed the main anti-government protest camp set up after demonstrations broke out in late 2012 against what Sunni Arabs say is the marginalisation and targeting of their community. [AFP]

January 3rd, 2014 - 04:03 GMT

Clashes kill 62 Al-Qaeda militants in Iraq

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki [Getty Images]

January 2nd, 2014 - 04:00 GMT

Iraq PM reverses withdraw decision, keeps troops in Anbar

Military officers carry the coffin of a comrade during his funeral in the city of Nasiriyah, on December 31, 2013, after he was killed in fighting in the western Anbar province. (AFP)

December 31st, 2013 - 01:05 GMT

Iraqi PM Maliki orders army to leave Anbar province in bid to restore calm

Sunni protestors gather in Anbar province earlier this year (File Archive/AFP)

December 30th, 2013 - 09:29 GMT

Iraq PM sends police to "dismantle" Anbar protest site, says "headquarters for Al Qaeda"

An Iraqi woman casts her vote at a polling station during provincial elections on June 20, 2013 in the Anbar province. Iraqis in two Sunni-majority provinces voted under heavy security in delayed provincial polls as the country grapples with a surge in nationwide violence and months of angry protests. (AFP/AZHAR SHALLAL)

June 20th, 2013 - 11:18 GMT

Iraqis vote in delayed provincial elections amid surging violence