Tag: Iraq

WEX BackStory: Obama’s legacy-defining moment

Ed Sykes · August 11, 2014 6:47 pm

In this Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014, displaced Iraqis from the Yazidi community cross the Iraq-Syria border at Feeshkhabour bridge over Tigris River at Feeshkhabour border point, northern Iraq. Kurdish authorities at the border believe some 45,000 Yazidis passed the river crossing in the past week and thousands more are still stranded in the mountains. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

UK warns of humanitarian crisis in Iraq

Danica Kirka · August 11, 2014 6:13 pm

Iraqis chant pro-government slogans and display placards bearing a picture of embattled Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki during a demonstration in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Aug. 11, 2014. Al-Maliki is taking his struggle to keep his job to the courts after announcing he will file a legal complaint on Monday against the country's newly elected president. President Barack Obama warned Americans on Saturday that the new campaign to bring security in Iraq requires military and political changes and "is going to be a long-term project." (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)

Iraq president names deputy speaker new PM

SAMEER N. YACOUBVIVIAN SALAMA · August 11, 2014 5:37 pm

Biden calls Iraq president, prime minister nominee

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Biden calls Iraq president, prime minister nominee

Washington Examiner · August 11, 2014 5:08 pm

Obama’s General Order

Thomas Donnelly · August 11, 2014 3:34 pm

‘Mission Shrink’

Michael Warren · August 11, 2014 1:03 pm

In this Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014, displaced Iraqis from the Yazidi community cross the Iraq-Syria border at Feeshkhabour bridge over Tigris River at Feeshkhabour border point, northern Iraq. Kurdish authorities at the border believe some 45,000 Yazidis passed the river crossing in the past week and thousands more are still stranded in the mountains. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

For Iraq Yazidis, a frantic search for the missing

Diaa Hadid · August 11, 2014 12:57 pm

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry right, chats with school children while visiting the National Maritime Museum in Sydney, Monday, Aug. 11, 2014. Kerry and US Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel are in Sydney for the annual Australia-United States Ministerial (AUSMIN) talks. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

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Kerry urges calm in Iraq

Matthew Lee · August 11, 2014 7:35 am

Sailors carry a missile at sunset on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014 in the Persian Gulf. Aircrafts aboard the George H.W. Bush are flying missions over Iraq after U.S. President Barack Obama authorized airstrikes against Islamic militants and food drops for Iraqis trapped by the fighters. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

Iraqi PM to file complaint against new president

SAMEER N. YACOUBVIVIAN SALAMA · August 11, 2014 2:35 am

Sailors work at sunset on the flight deck of the U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush on Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014 in the Persian Gulf. Aircrafts aboard the George H.W. Bush are flying missions over Iraq after U.S. President Barack Obama authorized airstrikes against Islamic militants and food drops for Iraqis trapped by the fighters. (AP Photo/Hasan Jamali)

State Dept.: US ‘fully supports’ Iraq president

Philip Elliott · August 11, 2014 2:21 am

Republican lawmakers warn Obama is risking attack by ISIS on U.S.

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Republican lawmakers warn Obama is risking attack by ISIS on U.S.

Rebecca Berg · August 10, 2014 7:22 pm

Pope Francis delivers his blessing during the Angelus noon prayer he celebrated from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014. Pope Francis has expressed outrage at violence aimed at religious minorities in Iraq that has seen children die of thirst, and said his emissary would depart Rome on Monday. In a strongly worded message during his traditional Sunday blessing, Francis said the news from Iraq "leaves us in disbelief." He cited "the thousands of people, including Christians, who have been brutally forced from their homes, children who have died from thirst during the escape and women who have been seized." (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope expresses outrage at violence in Iraq

Washington Examiner · August 10, 2014 6:05 pm