President Obama's former ambassador to Iraq, who served during the withdrawal of US forces, said on Thursday he was in favor of keeping troops in Iraq beyond 2011, reaffirming what the Obama campaign has doggedly tried to erase from history. "My feeling was we needed,...
Corruption in Iraq is at an all-time high, according to a recent US government report, and Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is demonstrating increasingly authoritarian behavior, even as US support continues to flow to Baghdad. The report, released Tuesday by the Office...
Inspector General: Large-Scale Money Laundering Continues in Iraq | $800 million in US currency illegally sent out of Iraq weekly
Kurds, Iraqis Play Growing Role in Syrian Civil War | PKK fighters battling rebel FSA around Aleppo
US General: Too Early to Tell if Iraq Is an Ally | Complains Iraqis aren’t appreciative enough of occupation
In Monday night's presidential debate, President Obama tried to differentiate his policy towards Iraq with that of Governor Mitt Romney's, but was caught in the middle of his campaign's most distorted issue. President Obama has consistently claimed in this campaign...
Iraqi Shi'ite militants have crossed the border to fight in Syria, often alongside President Bashar al-Assad's troops, adding to the sectarian nature of the proxy war there. The news that Shi'ite Iraqi militias are fighting in Syria with the Assad regime and against...
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki warned Turkey on Wednesday against escalating its tensions with Syria and thereby dragging NATO into the conflict. Maliki, a close ally of Iran, said Syria was not threatening Turkey, and criticized Ankara's response to errant...
Soaring Violence Signals Al-Qaeda Comeback in Iraq | Training camps reportedly established along Syrian border
Maliki: Iraq Won’t Become Part of Syrian Civil War | Iraq to avoid ‘flaring fire near our borders’
