War in Iraq

The Shiite axis, meanwhile, hopes to keep Assad from falling. Iraq's Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki even pleaded his case to President Barack Obama during his recent White House visit. Syria likely will continue to slide gradually into civil war.  

BAGHDAD: Iraqi Premier Nouri al-Maliki announced the allocation of 10,000 study grants for Iraqi students abroad within scientific allocations. In his meeting with Basra University students, he confirmed that these allocations are available within the Iraqi budget.  

After Syria, they want to take the fight to Iraq and on to Iran.” That, Mr. Crooke said, is what Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was referring to last year when he warned that the ousting of Bashar al-Assad could lead to a regional sectarian ...  

RAMADI, Iraq, Feb. 13- A government-backed paramilitary group leader and two of his guards were killed Monday by gunmen in Iraq's western province of Anbar, a provincial police source said. Unidentified gunmen opened fire from their assault rifles on the ...  

BAGHDAD, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki on Sunday inaugurated a new crude oil terminal to increase its capacity of exports from the oil-hub of Basra in southern part of the country, an oil ministry spokesman said. "Prime Minister ...  

"Sheikh Ayman al-Zawahiri has regional leaders in Iraq ... to overthrow the Somali government first proclaimed their allegiance to then Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in 2009. The Western-backed Somali government only controls Mogadishu and northern ...  

Two days after ministers from the main Sunni-backed political bloc eased a crisis with Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki by returning to work, Sadr struck a markedly moderate note, calling on the fractious blocs to come together. Sadr ...  

Baghdad (AFP) Feb 9, 2012 Supporters of anti-US Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, whose militia fought pitched battles with American forces, on Thursday officially celebrated the departure of the "occupiers" from Iraq. The last American soldiers except for a small number under US embassy authority departed Iraq in mid-December, after almost nine years in the country. But the official Sadrist celebration was held on  

AFPIraq's Sadr City celebrates US withdrawal (1:04)Washington PostThousands in Baghdad's Sadr City celebrated the pullout of US troops from Iraq. Sadr City is the hotbed of support for anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. (Feb. 9) (/The Associated Press) Correction: Clarification: SuperFan badge holders ...Iraq executions inflame political turmoilUPI.comIraq's Sadr calls for unity at mass rallyReuters AfricaIraq tribe blocks memorial...  

Twenty-one years ago, in January 1991, President George H.W. Bush sent several hundred thousand troops to the Persian Gulf to force Iraq's dictator, Saddam Hussein, to abandon his brutal invasion and occupation of neighboring Kuwait. Nine years ...  

The group had all been passengers on a bus passing through Anbar province, long a stronghold of Sunni insurgents and Al-Qaeda's front group in Iraq, when their vehicle was stopped by gunmen at 0000 IST. "Gunmen dressed in military and police uniforms set ...  

United States policy today is focused on maintaining the status quo in Iraq, offering unqualified support for Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki in the name of stability. But the status quo is inherently unstable. Maliki, emboldened by ...  

Al-ArabiyaJihadists, weapons 'moving from Iraq to Syria'AFPBAGHDAD — Jihadists are moving from Iraq to Syria, as are weapons being sent to opponents of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, Iraq's deputy interior minister told AFP on Saturday. Assad has been carrying out a bloody crackdown on an uprising ...Iraqi official says jihadists, weapons are moving from Iraq to SyriaAl-ArabiyaIraqi Interior Ministry Undersecretary: Iraqi Gunmen...  

Report: Iraq has executed 65 so far in 2012CBS NewsThe report said Iraq authorizes the death penalty for close to 50 crimes including terrorism, kidnapping, and murder, but also for offenses like damage to public property. Telephone calls to Iraqi justice ministry officials to comment on the report ...Human Rights Watch calls on Iraq to stop executionsKurdish GlobeHuman Rights Group Asks Iraq to End Excessive ExecutionsChristian Postall 18...  

Globe and MailTotal latest oil group to shift Iraq focus to KurdistanKipp ReportFrench oil major Total SA has become the latest big oil company to shift the focus of its Iraq ambitions toward the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, and away from the much larger but economically challenging contracts offered by Baghdad.Total Chief Says Kurdish Oil Contracts 'Better' Than IraqBusinessWeekTotal Shifts Focus from Iraq to KurdistanEnergy Digitalall...