Defying curfew, demonstrators gather in Baghdad's Tahrir Square; major network operators intentionally shut off internet access as protesters rally against unemployment, corruption

PM orders curfew on Baghdad as popular demonstrations against state corruption, failing public services and unemployment spread across the country

Ravaged by Islamic State, Iraqi city is home to the now-destroyed Mosque of the Prophet Jonah, Monastery of Elijah, and Mosque of al-Nuri

Security forces use tear gas and gunfire to disperse march condemning widespread government corruption and inefficiency

Adel Abdul Mahdi says investigation indicates Jerusalem behind recent strikes on bases, weapon depots belonging to powerful Shiite militias; IDF declines to comment on statements

Zarif blames Jerusalem for series of attacks on Iranian-backed targets that Israel has not officially commented on

Alleged IDF airstrikes targeting Iranian-backed paramilitaries have heightened divisions between the Shiite groups and Iraqi government

UNESCO chief asks that some of $100 million earmarked for restoration of Iraqi city go to synagogue and Christian religious sites

Over 100 others injured as hundreds of thousands of pilgrims converge on city of Karbala to mark solemn Muslim holy day

Explosions blamed on "foreign warplanes" said to strike in Anbar Province of western Iraq, day after alleged strike on group on Syrian side of border and failed missile attack