Archbishop Louis Sako begged for help from the world's Christians as the situation for Mideast Christians becomes increasingly uncertain.

Bombs go off in Baghdad, Kirkuk, Samarra, Dibis and Taji. No one has yet claimed responsibility but sources in Kirkuk tell AsiaNews that factional divisions among Iraqi parties are to blame.

Iraq's deputy prime minister has called on Qatar to hand over a fugitive vice president to face terror charges in Baghdad.

The choice is between a nightmare world after a pre-emptive strike, or a world after a strike by Iran.

Iraq's foreign minister says the Arab League will not ask Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to resign at a summit in Baghdad this week.

A bomb exploded near the Syrian-Orthodox church in the capital, killing two guards and wounding five others. Across the country there were over 20 explosions. AsiaNews sources: attacks to derail the upcoming Arab League summit. The violence set to continue.

Fr Rif'at Bader tells the French foreign minister, who boasted about his country's commitment to Eastern Christians, that the flight of Iraqi Christians is evidence of the contrary. If the West really wants to something for the Middle East (and not only for Christians), it must invest in education, ...

At least eight people have been reported killed in Iraqi violence.

Prayer, say Iraq's Christians, is the only solution left to them as they contend with targetted murder, forced marriage, and painful exodus.

Iraq has evacuated an initial batch of 400 Iranian dissidents from Camp Ashraf to a transit camp near Baghdad's airport.

Iran, operating through a web of alliances with Iraqi politicians and other supporters, is already well-positioned to exploit oil revenues from southern Iraq as the U.S. departs.

Acclaimed by experts, Black's book on British Petroleum shows the diplomatic and capitalist machinations that seized the oil of Mesopotamia and now underlies the conflict in Iraq. View the lecture here.

The ongoing power struggle between Shias, Sunnis and Kurds is causing destruction and harming the Christian minority. In two days of meetings, the prelates iron out ideas for national reconciliation, urging emigrants to “come home”. Iraq’s provincial and federal governments have an obligation to ...

Bishop Sako and his aides are safe. The terrorists were from Baghdad. Two are killed and one arrested. Their target was a Turkmen member of parliament whose home is near the Archbishop’s Palace. Sunni-Shia tensions rise.

A well studied plan for the fragmentation of the nation is in place. The fall of Saddam, the invasion and withdrawal of U.S. troops, the real objective of bombings and political contrasts. The role of Islamic extremism in the birth of a State which subject to Shariah. The Christians, victims and ...

The city’s governor, Najim al-din Umar Karim, announced the decision. He also said he would urge the central government to make 25 December a national holiday. More than 2,000 faithful take part in Christmas Mass. Muslim religious leaders express their best wishes. The governor urges Christians who ...

A car bomb exploded in Karrada and two to Halawa, killing at least 4 people. Security concerns after the departure of American troops. Suspicions of a struggle between Sunni and Shiite after terrorism charges against the Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, who has taken refuge in Kurdistan.

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has called on authorities in the autonomous Kurdish region to hand over Vice President Tareq al-Hashimi, who is wanted on charges he was running death squads.

Iraq's Shi'ite-led government has issued an arrest warrant for Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, the country's highest ranking Sunni official, on terrorism charges.

US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta is present at the ceremony. In Falluja, people celebrated the event by burning US flags yesterday. The final count for ‘Operation Iraqi Freedom’ is 4,500 US soldiers dead, more than 100,000 Iraqis and over US$ 1 trillion in costs. Certain problems will remain after ...

Christians are fearful in Iraq and are taking precautions in advance of Christmas. Liquor stores owned by Christians have been attacked, too.

Shop owners Adnan Elia Jakmakji and Raghad al Tawil were gunned down last night. Their two children are wounded but survived. They were in their car when it was ambushed. Source tells AsiaNews that Christians are concerned ahead of Christmas.

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has arrived in Iraq on a surprise visit.

War is horrific enough and returning veterans should not be forced to suffer unaided. Reach out. Today.

Terrorists share what is on their hearts as they prepare to detonate suicide vests.

'We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People' is an account by a former U.S. diplomat of government waste and the intellectual and strategic underpinnings of war without end.

Several Iraqi politicians have suggested countering demands for provincial autonomy on the model of the Kurdish region in northern Iraq by granting more powers to the provinces.