Isis has continued its advance east towards Baghdad with the capture of another town in Anbar province, days after seizing the provincial capital of Ramadi, as Sunni tribesman and Iraqi police ...

270 Foreign Fighters Arrested With Help by Al Anbar Tribes The campaign against Abu Musaab al Zarqawi's al Qaeda in Iraq and its supporters continues for the second day in al Anbar. According to the ...

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Two weeks into Mariam's forced marriage to her cousin according to Iraqi tribal custom, she desperately doused herself in fuel, flicked on a lighter and attempted suicide by self-immolation. The ...

NASIRIYAH, Iraq — An Iraqi Real Madrid supporter had to pay a fan of rival Barcelona $1,700 (1,215 euros) after a row over a disallowed Champions League goal was resolved by their tribes, a relative ...

Iraqi protesters have clashed with police and torched government offices, a premier has resigned and precious blood spilt. As modern institutions collapse, a centuries-old force is making a comeback: ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi army shelled the western city of Falluja with mortar bombs overnight to try to wrest back control from Sunni Muslim militants and tribesmen, killing at least eight people ...

An Iraqi diplomat is in hot water after being accused of stealing towels from a Jordanian hotel. Iraq’s Foreign Affairs Ministry has taken up the case, and even an Iraqi tribe has become involved.