Full Coverage: Iraq

30.08.2007 An SMS campaign by mobile phones started yesterday in Damascus to inform more than 10,000 Iraqi refugee families about the launch of the first food distribution programme for Iraqi refugees in Syria.

30.08.2007 The murder of an Iraqi translator and interpreter employed by a US television network takes the number of journalists and media workers killed in Iraq since the start of the US-led invasion in March 2003 to 200.

28.08.2007 The humanitarian situation in Iraq continues to deteriorate with the number of displaced Iraqis rising, both inside and outside the country.

20.08.2007 SAINT LOUIS, Aug 20 (OneWorld) - Members of a leading Iraq war veterans' organization voted this weekend to launch a campaign encouraging U.S. troops to refuse to fight.

17.08.2007 A 10-point plan for peace in and with Iraq - necessary because "Iraq and its citizens, the region, the world order and the position of the U.S. itself has deteriorated markedly due to the failed policies of leading Western countries."

08.08.2007 COPENHAGEN, Aug 8 (OneWorld) - Throughout the past century, Scandinavian countries have been internationally respected for keeping their doors open to those fleeing wars and bloody conflicts at home. But recent policy decisions on immigration and asylum indicate that change may be in the offing.

08.08.2007 SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 8 (OneWorld) - A new public opinion poll has found nearly two thirds of Iraqis oppose plans to open the country's oilfields to foreign companies.

07.08.2007 Many internally displaced people in camps in Iraq are facing shortages of water, especially clean drinking water, and the situation is being exploited by unscrupulous militants, local non-governmental organisations say.

07.08.2007 The U.S. government is pressing Baghdad to pass an oil law by September as one of its "benchmarks" of progress, but until now ordinary Iraqis have not been asked their views on the plan to open the country's oilfields to foreign investment. Turns out they oppose it.

07.08.2007 The U.S. arms deal with Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Israel represents the abandonment of President Bush's democratic reform agenda in the region, says foreign policy analyst Matt Duss.

03.08.2007 SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 2 (OneWorld) - Nearly one in three Iraqis need immediate emergency aid because of a humanitarian crisis that's developed over four years of U.S. occupation, according to a new report out this week.

01.08.2007 Although the UN's refugee office has recently amplified its efforts, a U.S.-based group is insisting that other UN agencies have yet to respond adequately to the Iraqi refugee crisis and must do so promptly.