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...
Nineteen detainees escaped from a prison in northern Iraq on Friday in a major prison break that one politician alleged was an inside job. "Nineteen people, including members of Al-Qaeda and Ansar al-Sunna, fled from prison in Kirkuk at around 3:30 am (0030 GMT)," a...
