After a week of heavy fighting between US-led coalition forces and Iraqi insurgents, a fragile ceasefire still holds. Ramsey Al-Rikabi reports from Baghdad
As the dust settled after almost two weeks of the worst violence to hit Iraq since the end of (...)
The source of attacks remains uncertain as strikes against civilians and other "soft" targets in Iraq is on the rise, writes Ramsey Al-Rikabi in Baghdad
The conventional wisdom going around after the fall of Baghdad was that the bulk of the (...)
Iraqi leaders finally approved a transitional constitution this week, but the splits that delayed the signing are far from resolved, writes Ramsey Al-Rikabi in Baghdad
Something went right this week in Iraq, sort of. After weeks of wrangling, Iraq's (...)
After some serious disagreements, common ground was reached on an interim constitution for Iraq and mechanisms of sovereignty. If it sticks, it could be the first of its kind in the region, Ramsey Al-Rikabi reports from Baghdad
Iraq's Interim (...)
While American and Iraqi officials fear the Tuesday Ashura attacks on Shias in Baghdad and Karbala will inflame sectarian violence, Shia hostility targets neither Sunnis nor Kurds, but rather Americans, writes Ramsey Al-Rikabi in Baghdad
Scores of (...)
Against a backdrop of election controversy and volatile ethnic tensions, the attack on security forces in Fallujah last Saturday shows Iraq is just not ready for all eventualities. Ramsey Al-Rikabi, in Baghdad, reports
About 350 miles southwest of (...)
Coalition forces say a newly discovered memorandum outlines plans to destabilise Iraq and points to Al-Qa'eda involvement in anti-Coalition attacks, reports Ramsey Al-Rikabi from Baghdad
Amidst growing criticism that American and British pre-war (...)