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Kerry in Kurdistan to urge leaders to be part of national government
World
June 24, 2014
Kerry in Kurdistan to urge leaders to be part of national government
US Secretary of State John Kerry was in Iraqi Kurdistan on Tuesday to urge its leaders not to withdraw from…
Strategic north Iraq town Tal Afar, airport fall to militants
World
June 23, 2014
Strategic north Iraq town Tal Afar, airport fall to militants
The strategic Shia-majority north Iraq town of Tal Afar and its airport were in the hands of Sunni Arab militants…
Sources: Sunni insurgents capture three towns in Iraq’s Anbar
World
June 22, 2014
Sources: Sunni insurgents capture three towns in Iraq’s Anbar
An al Qaeda splinter group thrust east from a newly-captured Iraqi-Syrian border post on Sunday, taking three towns in the…
Iraqi forces ready push after Obama offers advisers
World
June 20, 2014
Iraqi forces ready push after Obama offers advisers
Iraqi forces were massing north of Baghdad on Friday, aiming to strike back at Sunni Islamists whose drive toward the…
Report: China oil giants prepare Iraq evacuation plans
World
June 19, 2014
Report: China oil giants prepare Iraq evacuation plans
Major Chinese oil firms have prepared evacuation plans in case spreading violence in Iraq -- a key energy provider to…
Iran vows to defend Iraq Shi’ite sites; insurgents battle for refinery
World
June 18, 2014
Iran vows to defend Iraq Shi’ite sites; insurgents battle for refinery
Iran's president vowed on Wednesday to defend Shi'ite holy sites in Iraq, where Sunni militants battled their way into the…
Maliki stands with Sunni leaders, appealing for Iraqi unity
World
June 18, 2014
Maliki stands with Sunni leaders, appealing for Iraqi unity
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki broadcast a joint appeal for national unity on Tuesday with bitter Sunni critics of his…
Iraq’s Maliki defies call to reach out, accuses Saudis of ‘genocide’
World
June 17, 2014
Iraq’s Maliki defies call to reach out, accuses Saudis of ‘genocide’
Iraq's Shi'ite rulers defied Western calls on Tuesday to reach out to Sunnis to defuse the uprising in the north…
Militants gain ground in battle for north Iraq town
World
June 16, 2014
Militants gain ground in battle for north Iraq town
Militants gained ground on Monday in a battle for a strategic Shia enclave in northern Iraq that provides a corridor…
Syria TV says 30 killed in blast near Iraq border
World
June 14, 2014
Syria TV says 30 killed in blast near Iraq border
A bomb attack targeting a weapons bazaar in eastern Syria close to the Iraqi border killed 30 "terrorists" on Saturday,…