Iraqi security forces foiled a series of car bombings in Baghdad on Tuesday after a massive security operation led to dozens of arrests and a large quantity of explosives being seized, officials said. Police and the army sealed off the capital early in the day after a tip-off that insurgents planned multiple attacks in the city, highlighting concerns about violence ...

Iraqi security forces sealed off Baghdad on Tuesday after a tip-off that insurgents planned multiple car bombings in the city, highlighting concerns about violence in the run-up to general elections. Major General Qassim Atta, spokesman for the city's military command, told AFP that "preventative security measures" were taken as part of a search operation across the Iraqi capital. "Terrorist ...

Iraqi security forces sealed off Baghdad on Tuesday after a tip-off that insurgents were planning a series of car bombings in the city, raising fears of unrest in the run-up to a general election. Qassim Atta, spokesman for the city's military command, told AFP that police and the army took "preventative security measures" as part of a search operation ...

An Iraqi toddler and five security force members were killed in the latest violence to rock Baghdad on Saturday as the US military captured three men suspected of links with a Syria-based Al-Qaeda leader. The men were arrested during joint Iraqi-US military raids on Friday and Saturday that targeted Saad Uwayid Ubayd al-Shammari, also know as Abu Khalaf, north ...