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Suicide bomber kills 15 in attack on Iraq forces
Jul 04, 2014 (AFP)
A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle at a security forces position north of Baghdad on Friday, killing 15 people, police and a doctor said. T...
Indian nurses trapped in Iraq heading home
Jul 04, 2014 (AFP)
Forty-six Indian nurses trapped in Iraq's conflict were freed on Friday after getting caught up in a swift militant offensive that has overrun swathes of territ...
Iraq's most revered cleric criticises fractious parliament
Jul 04, 2014 (AFP)
Iraq's most senior Shiite cleric said Friday the failure of the new parliament to elect a speaker at its first session this week was a "regrettable failure," he...
Turkey softens stance on independence for Iraqi Kurds
Jul 04, 2014 (AFP)
After embarking on a peace process with homegrown Kurdish militants, Turkey is finally reconciling itself with the prospect of an independent Kurdish state in n...
Iraq Kurd chief wants independence referendum
Jul 03, 2014 (AFP)
The leader of Iraq's Kurds set the ball rolling Thursday for a referendum on their long-held dream of independence, another setback for international efforts to...
Crisis-hit Iraq turns to Shiite militias for support
Jul 03, 2014 (AFP)
Iraq's government once battled entrenched Shiite militiamen but is now making common cause with them against a jihadist-led onslaught that Baghdad's forces are ...
Iraqi forces will need help to roll back militants: US
Jul 03, 2014 (AFP)
The US military's top officer said Thursday that Iraqi forces had shored up their defenses against Sunni militants but would be hard-pressed to regain territory...
Freed Turkish truck drivers back home after Iraq ordeal
Jul 03, 2014 (AFP)
Thirty-two Turkish truck drivers held hostage by Islamic militants in Iraq flew back home to Turkey on Thursday following their release after three weeks in cap...
Top Jordan jihadist denounces IS caliphate
Jul 02, 2014 (AFP)
A leading Jordanian jihadist ideologist on Wednesday denounced the declaration of a "caliphate" by Sunni militants in Iraq and Syria, warning against more blood...
Iraq PM offers amnesty to turn tide of offensive
Jul 02, 2014 (AFP)
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki offered a general amnesty Wednesday in a rare conciliatory move to undercut support for militants whose offensive has overrun swat...
Iraq parliament opens with PM re-election in doubt
Jul 01, 2014 (AFP)
Iraq's newly-elected parliament convened Tuesday to begin choosing a government, with premier Nuri al-Maliki's bid for a third term battered by a Sunni militant...
Obama sends more troops to Baghdad as Iraq battles to stop offensive
Jul 01, 2014 (AFP)
President Barack Obama has deployed 200 more troops to Baghdad to protect the US embassy as Iraq's parliament was set to convene Tuesday to seek a solution to t...
Situation for Iraqi children 'extremely volatile': UN
Jul 01, 2014 (AFP)
The Sunni militant onslaught in Iraq has created "an extremely volatile and dangerous situation for children," a top UN official warned Tuesday. There were "dis...
Time not on Iraq's side, US warns amid political chaos
Jul 01, 2014 (AFP)
The United States again pressed Iraqi leaders Tuesday to form a new government as soon as possible, warning as the new parliament broke up in chaos that "time i...
US troops in Baghdad to fly Apache helicopters, drones
Jul 01, 2014 (AFP)
The nearly 500 American troops sent to Baghdad to bolster security for the US embassy are equipped with Apache attack helicopters and small unarmed surveillance...
Obama to deploy 200 extra troops to Iraq
Jun 30, 2014 (AFP)
President Barack Obama said Monday he had sent up to 200 US extra troops equipped for combat, with surveillance gear and helicopters, to protect the US Embassy ...
'Worst is over' in Iraq, ex general in US-led invasion says
Jun 27, 2014 (AFP)
The worst of the insurgency in Iraq is "over", a former general who commanded US Marines and British forces in the 2003 US-led invasion said Friday, in a rare n...
Caught between government and militants, Iraqis despair
Jun 26, 2014 (AFP)
Amsha's family decided to leave the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar after shelling one night killed their neighbour as he used his outdoor toilet. The 24-year-o...
Despite jihadist drive, Mideast colonial borders seen intact
Jun 26, 2014 (AFP)
A blistering jihadist offensive has sparked debate on the Middle East's colonial-era borders being redrawn, but experts say this is unlikely as Arabs have grown...
Iraq PM warns against exploiting militant offensive
Jun 25, 2014 (AFP)
Beleaguered Iraqi premier Nuri al-Maliki warned rivals Wednesday against exploiting a Sunni militant onslaught for political gain and insisted that any new gove...
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