The Iraqi Foreign Ministry has released a statement saying that Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari has been in talks with his Syrian counterpart over the past week in an attempt to defuse the growing tensions between the two countries since last Sunday's US raid. The...
An aide to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says that the Iraqi government expects a US reply on a myriad of submitted amendments to the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) sometime after Tuesday's election. The most recent draft of the SOFA was initially reported...
Kurdish Regional Government President Massoud Barzani, visiting Washington DC as part of a delegation aiming to rescue the faltering Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between the United States and Iraq, has dropped something of a bombshell as the Washington Times...
Massoud Barzani, the President of the Kurdistan Regional Government in Iraq, said yesterday that he believes it is "doubtful" that the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between the United States and Iraq will be approved by Iraq's cabinet and parliament by the end of...
The Bush Administration has received and is reviewing the latest proposed amendments to the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) for Iraq. Though the exact terms of the amendments have no yet been released, one of the revisions is an explicit ban on US forces using Iraqi...
As the fallout continues from Sunday's US military strike into Syria, Syria's cabinet today denounced Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh for comments made in the wake of the attack which they said were an "unacceptable and irresponsible justification for this...
As the United States struggles to get Iraqi officials to change their position on the all-but-dead Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) top US commander General Ray Odierno has issued a three-page letter to high ranking Iraqi officials. The letter includes a list of...
An unnamed US military official has confirmed the attack on the Syrian border town of al-Sukkariya earlier this evening, which killed at least eight and wounded 14 others. He said the attack targeted "elements of a robust foreign fighter logistics network" and that...
The US State Department has summoned Massoud al-Barzani, President of Iraqi Kurdistan, as part of a delegation to Washington DC later this week to discuss ways to rescue the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) between the US and Iraq, which top officials are saying is...
Hundreds of local residents took to the streets chanting slogans against US forces while Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi's Iraqi Islamic Party announced that it was suspending all official contact with US civilian and military personnel after a Friday morning raid by...
