The Latest Breaking News from Baghdad

Protesters angered by the burning of a copy of the Quran have stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad

Iraqi officials are defending a deal inked this week to barter oil for gas with Iran, saying it does not violate U.S. sanctions on Tehran but will help alleviate a worsening electricity crisis in Iraq

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Assassin's Creed Mirage will feature a rich, historical database for players to learn all about 9th-century Baghdad.

Bravery and determination – something we have seen all over Baghdad 20 years on from the 2003 invasion – drove Mohammed al-Najjar to create the team

Thousands of followers of the Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada al-Sadr have staged protests in major cities in Iraq, including in the capital of Baghdad and the southern city of Basra, to condemn the burning earlier this week of a Quran by an Iraqi man in Sweden

Hundreds of followers of the influential Iraqi Shiite cleric and political leader Muqtada Sadr have briefly stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad in protest of the burning of a Quran in Sweden

The Mirror has returned to the scene of the bloodshed after negotiating via contacts for safe passage

Iraqi special forces uncovered plans for the attack by British ISIS fighters in a hideout where militants were killed.

Iraqi special forces uncovered chilling proposals for the attack just days ago after killing dozens of militants in a desert hideout, reports the Mirror's Chris Hughes in Baghdad, Iraq

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