The UN special envoy for Iraq, Martin Kobler, told the UN Security Council that terrorist attacks and sectarian violence in Iraq killed a total of 613 civilians in the first three months of 2012. "This is slightly less than civilian casualties last year," Kobler...
Overall violence in Iraq has gone down since the last U.S. troops finally withdrew in December, but Washington's avid support for the emerging dictator in Baghdad has troubling implications for Iraqis. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has demonstrated...
Recent U.S. military aid and arms sales to Iraq are fueling concern in Israel amid intelligence reports that Baghdad is increasingly allied with Iran and could pose some sort of a threat. Over the next three years, Iraq is set to receive 36 Lockheed Martin F-16...
US Presses Iraqi Kurdish Leader to ‘Re-Engage’ With Central Govt | Biden adviser insists it is supporting Iraqi unity
Major oil companies like Exxon Mobil and Shell are playing politics in Iraq, juggling the autonomous Kurdish north with the central government in Baghdad in fuzzy legal limbo in an attempt to capitalize on their contracts made possible by Washington's war of...
Iraqi Kurdistan Halts Oil Exports Over Feud With Baghdad | Kurds haven’t been paid in 10 months
Sistani: UN Must End Saddam-Era Sanctions on Iraq | Key portions of multi-decade sanctions remain in place
US ‘Wary’ on Selling Iraq’s Maliki Govt Advanced Weapons | Pentagon turns down requests for top missiles
Maliki: Arming Syrian Rebels Will Lead to ‘Proxy War’ | Says move meant to ‘prepare the ground for foreign military intervention’
Leaders at the Arab League Summit in Iraq on Thursday endorsed the UN envoy Kofi Annan's plan to end the violence in Syria, with Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki warning that arming either side in Syria would lead to a "proxy war." Fewer than half the Arab...
