Iraq
Stranded Chinese workers in Iraq being evacuated
More than 1,200 Chinese workers who had been trapped in the embattled northern Iraqi city of Samarra have been evacuated to Baghdad, Xinhua news agency...
Iraq’s top cleric calls for deal on Prime Minister by Tuesday
Iraq’s leading Shiite cleric has called on the nation’s political blocs to agree on the next prime minister before the newly elected parliament...
With eyes on Middle East stability, Obama seeks $500M to arm Syrian rebels
President Barack Obama is asking Congress for $500 million to train and arm vetted members of the Syrian opposition, as the U.S.
Syrian air strikes on ISIS insurgents unsolicited, but welcome, says Iraq PM
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has welcomed Syrian air strikes against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS or ISIL) militants within Iraqi...
ISIS attempts takeover of Iraq’s largest airfield as PM reverses on unified gov’t
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (known as ISIS and ISIL) is threatening to take control of Balad Airbase, Iraq’s largest airfield and one of...
Sunni fighters inch closer to Baghdad with offensives in western Iraq
The towns of Qaim, Rawah and Anah have fallen to fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
U.S. veterans anguished as militants continue advance in Iraq
American veterans have watched the lightning advance of Sunni extremists in Iraq with anguish, prompting them to wonder if their sacrifices in combat were...
Indonesia fears terror return as fighters head to Syria, Iraq
Indonesians are joining the procession of jihadists to Syria and Iraq, sparking fears they will revive sophisticated militant networks when they return.
Iraq intervention: Obama’s war on ISIL could reach beyond Iraq into Syria
President Barack Obama said on Thursday that the U.S. was ready to send up to 300 military advisers to Iraq and was prepared to make targeted strikes in...
Concern over Australians learning ‘terrorist trade’ in Middle East
Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop Thursday said she was deeply concerned about 150 Australians learning the “terrorist trade” fighting...
Under pressure: Growing chorus of calls for Iraq PM Maliki to step down
President Barack Obama came under pressure from U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday to persuade Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to step down over what they...
Iraq’s foreign minister asks U.S. for air strikes to stop jihadist advance
Iraq’s foreign minister has asked the U.S. to begin air attacks on Sunni rebels to put down a week-long rebellion by fighters led by the Islamic...
U.S. sending more troops and working with Iran as crisis in Iraq worsens
U.S. officials say they will work with Iran to help the Iraqi government stave off the fast-moving insurgency after years of trying to limit Tehran’s...
Militants post images of mass killing as Baghdad braces for possible siege
As the Iraqi government bolstered Baghdad’s defenses today, the Islamic militant group that captured two major cities last week posted graphic photos...
Thousands of young Iraqis mobilise in fight against trained militants
The Islamic militant group that swept across northern Iraq and captured two major cities last week has posted graphic photos of the fate likely awaiting...
Iraq insurgent advance slows, U.S. sends carrier to Gulf
An offensive by insurgents that threatens to dismember Iraq seemed to slow on Saturday after days of lightning advances as government forces regained some...
With multiple countries in crisis, turmoil blurring Mideast borders
Working in secret, European diplomats drew up the borders that have defined the Middle East’s nations for nearly a century — but now civil war,...
In Iraq, thousands join fight against militants as U.S. refuses to send troops
As the assault spearheaded by jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group overruns a vast swathe of northern and north-central...
A call to arms: Iraqis urged to defend their country as insurgents threaten capital
Iraq has implemented an emergency plan to defend Baghdad as a representative for its most senior Shi’ite cleric urged people to take up arms and...
Militants’ takeover of Mosul poses devastating setback for post-Saddam Iraq
The scale of the catastrophe as troops loyal to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki flood north and troops controlled by the Kurdish Regional Government rush...
Residents and soldiers flee as militants seize Iraq’s second-largest city
The Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has announced a “general mobilization” after one of the country’s biggest cities fell to the Islamic...
Baghdad car bombs kill 60; militants storm university
A series of car bombs exploded across Iraq’s capital, killing more than 60 people in a day of violence that saw militants storm a university in the...
Iraqi students and staff freed after Al Qaeda-linked group storms campus
Hundreds of students and staff at Anbar University in Iraq were taken hostage on Saturday after militants stormed the campus.
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