Whether it is a civil war, insurgent violence, an unjust war, or a war on terror - no one argues that there is a "war" in Iraq. Track the latest news and share opinions about what should be done to curb violence.
Iranian troops remained within Iraq's borders on Monday despite having withdrawn from an oil well along the two countries' disputed frontier, a local politician told AFP. Oil ministry spokesman Assem Jihad, meanwhile, said the oil well had not yet been developed, and no Iraqis had worked to extract crude from it before Iran took it over last week. "The Iranians withdrew from the well and took down the Iranian flag," Mayssam Lafta, the Maysan provincial council member charged with security... Read Full Story
Islamic militants fired mortars into Mogadishu's police compound as the force was celebrating its 66th anniversary Sunday, sparking a battle that killed at least 12 civilians and a police officer, officials said. One police officer was killed and three others were wounded in the fighting, which began after the mortar landed near the compound during the ceremony, police offical Aden Ahmed said. He said that government soldiers and the African Union forces returned fire, shelling Mogadishu's... Read Full Story
A Saudi-owned newspaper says that one of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden's daughters has taken refuge in the Saudi Embassy in Tehran after eluding guards who have held her and five brothers under house arrest for eight years. It has long been believed that Iran has held in custody a number of bin Laden's children since they fled Afghanistan following the U.S.-led invasion of that country in 2001 — most notably Saad and Hamza bin Laden, who are thought to have held positions in al-Qaida... Read Full Story
US President Barack Obama approved firepower, intelligence and other support requested by the Yemeni government to help it strike Al-Qaeda militants, The New York Times reported Saturday. Yemeni security forces killed at least 28 Al-Qaeda militants and captured 17 others in operations backed by air strikes on Thursday that foiled imminent suicide attacks, the defense ministry said. But witnesses said civilians were among about 50 people killed. Several fighter planes took part in the raid... Read Full Story
Disarmed Iranian rebels and their families defied Iraqi police instructions on Tuesday for them to leave a border camp the government has ordered closed, an AFP correspondent reported. Police toured the camp reminding residents over loudspeakers of the deadline set by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki for their departure for alternative accommodation in southern Iraq but they refused to leave. Maliki wants the former fighters of the People's Mujahedeen, which fought with Saddam Hussein's regime... Read Full Story
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki called for stronger economic ties with Egypt during a visit to Cairo on Sunday, the official MENA news agency reported. Maliki met with his Egyptian counterpart Ahmed Nazif, with whom he discussed "means to promote economic, trade and investment ties," MENA said. The two premiers also discussed Egypt's efforts in helping rebuild Iraqi infrastructure. Ahead of the visit, Maliki told Egyptian television he wanted to "invite Egypt to participate in Iraq's... Read Full Story
The top U.S. military officer quizzed Iraqi leaders Friday about the influence and motives of next-door Iran as national elections approach, but made no promises when his hosts asked for surveillance equipment and other help to keep an eye on their neighbors. Hours before Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, visited the southern Iraqi city of Basra, near the Iranian border, Iranian troops crossed into Iraqi territory and seized an oil well in a disputed area along the... Read Full Story
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's deputy interior minister denied on Friday reports that Iranian troops had crossed into Iraqi territory and briefly occupied a remote oilfield area. An Iraqi security source in southeastern Maysan province, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Iranian troops made their way on Thursday onto the Fakka oilfield area, located just on the Iraqi side of the long desert border of two countries, then withdrew after several hours. Iraq's Deputy Interior Minister Ahmed... Read Full Story
Yemeni security forces killed at least 28 Al-Qaeda militants and captured 17 others in operations backed by air strikes on Thursday that foiled imminent suicide attacks, the defence ministry said. Witnesses said several civilians were killed in an attack on an alleged training camp for Al-Qaeda, which is believed to have regrouped in Yemen for strikes on neighbouring Saudi Arabia, in the southern province of Abyan. Related article: Sanaa accused of killing civilians Raids also took place in... Read Full Story
A million dollars in exhaust fumes pollutes the air of Baghdad daily thanks to traffic jams caused by security checkpoints that have proliferated after the waves of bombings that have hit the city. "We distribute about 15 million litres (almost four million gallons) of gasoline daily across the country, including seven million in Baghdad," oil ministry spokesman Assem Jihad says. "Engines are idle for hours because of congestion, leading to huge and unproductive use of fuel," Jihad tells AFP... Read Full Story
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