Qassim AbdulZahra

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Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. Al-Maliki warns that a victory for rebels fighting to overthrow the Syrian President Bashar Assad would spark a sectarian war in his own country and Lebanon, and create a new haven for extremists that would destabilize the wider Middle East. (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

AP INTERVIEW: Iraq PM warns Syria war could spread

Qassim AbdulZahra, Adam Schreck · February 27, 2013 5:00 am

Iraq: Sunni lawmaker killed in suicide bombing

Qassim AbdulZahra · January 15, 2013 6:59 pm

Iraqi troops shoot into air to scatter protesters

Qassim AbdulZahra · January 7, 2013 8:46 pm

Protesters inspect a damaged vehicle during a demonstrations in Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Dec. 30, 2012. Gunshots wounded at least two people Sunday at demonstrations in western Iraq when bodyguards protecting a senior Sunni politician opened fire to disperse protesters, a local official said, marking the first casualties in a week of rallies. (AP Photo)

2 Iraqi Sunni protesters wounded by gunfire

Qassim AbdulZahra · December 30, 2012 5:41 pm

Iraq's Finance Minister Rafia al-Issawi is carried by his supporters during a demonstration in Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012. Thousands of Iraqi demonstrators massed in a Sunni-dominated province west of Baghdad Wednesday, determined to keep up the pressure on a Shiite-led government that many accuse of trying to marginalize them. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)

Iraq: New protests break out in Sunni stronghold

Qassim AbdulZahra, Adam Schreck · December 26, 2012 6:43 pm

FILE - In this Aug 17, 2007 file photo, Iraq's President Jalal Talabani talks to reporters in Baghdad, Iraq. The office of Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said Tuesday he has been admitted to the hospital for treatment of an unspecified health problem.. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)

Iraqi President Talabani suffers a stroke

Qassim AbdulZahra, Adam Schreck · December 18, 2012 6:16 pm

Baghdad, Kurds said to reach security agreement

Qassim AbdulZahra · December 6, 2012 5:02 pm

FILE - In this file photo taken on Friday, July 20, 2012, blindfolded and handcuffed suspected al-Qaida members are led away to detention centers in an Iraqi army base in Hillah, about 60 miles (95 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq. Al-Qaida is slowly resurging in Iraq, and has set up training camps for insurgents in the nation's western deserts as the extremist group seizes on regional instability and government security failures to regain strength, officials say. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani File)

Al-Qaida making comeback in Iraq, officials say

Qassim AbdulZahra, Lara Jakes · October 9, 2012 4:00 am

Iraqi officials say jailbreak assisted from inside

Qassim AbdulZahra · September 29, 2012 4:31 pm

Suicide bomber kills at least 8 in Baghdad

Qassim AbdulZahra · September 17, 2012 10:44 am

Rebels kill 21 Syrian guards, overtake border post

Qassim AbdulZahra · July 19, 2012 4:00 am

Iraq backs off on forcing 44 media outlets closed

Qassim AbdulZahra · June 26, 2012 3:07 pm