Tag: Iraq

FILE - In this Monday, June 16, 2014 file photo, demonstrators chant slogans to support al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant as they carry al-Qaida flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. The al-Qaida breakaway group that has seized much of northern Syria and huge tracks of neighboring Iraq formally declared the creation of an Islamic state on Sunday, June 29, in the territory under its control. (AP Photo, File)

Successors to the prophet: Islam’s caliphates

Joseph Krauss · June 30, 2014 4:47 pm

Turkey does not want ‘tattered and divided’ Iraq

Washington Examiner · June 30, 2014 1:55 pm

Tempers fray as displaced Iraqis break Muslim fast

Diaa Hadid · June 30, 2014 7:38 am

Between Iraq and a Hard Place

David DeVoss · June 30, 2014 4:00 am

The Enemy of My Enemy Is My Enemy

Reuel Marc Gerecht · June 30, 2014 12:00 am

National Security

Marine who disappeared in Iraq in 2004 back in US

Robert Burns · June 29, 2014 4:53 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, June 15, 2014. Netanyahu has condemned Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' agreement with the militant group, and said he would hold him responsible for the safety of the youths, who disappeared apparently while hitchhiking in the West Bank late Thursday. (AP Photos/Dan Balilty)

Israeli leader calls for independent Kurdistan

Washington Examiner · June 29, 2014 4:00 am

Iraqi federal policemen patrol in Baghdad's Abu Ghraib suburb, Iraq, Saturday, June 28, 2014. Iraqi troops backed by helicopter gunships launched an operation early Saturday aimed at dislodging Sunni militants from the northern city of Tikrit, one of two major urban centers they seized in recent weeks in a dramatic blitz across the country. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Iraq forces launch push for insurgent-held city

RYAN LUCASQASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA · June 28, 2014 8:37 pm

Pentagon: Armed drones guard US interests in Iraq

Pauline Jelinek · June 27, 2014 9:53 pm

FILE - This file image posted on a militant website on Saturday, June 14, 2014, which has been verified and is consistent with other AP reporting, appears to show militants from the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) taking aim at captured Iraqi soldiers wearing plain clothes after taking over a base in Tikrit, Iraq. Iraqi insurgents executed at least 160 captives earlier this month in the northern city of Tikrit, Human Rights Watch said Friday, June 27, 2014, citing an analysis of satellite imagery and grisly photos released by the militants. The U.S.-based rights group said militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant killed between 160 and 190 men in two locations in Tikrit between June 11 and June 14. "The number of victims may well be much higher, but the difficulty of locating bodies and accessing the area has prevented a full investigation," it said.(AP Photo via militant website, File)

Iraq’s top cleric urges quick deal on new PM

RYAN LUCASSAMEER N. YACOUB · June 27, 2014 9:39 pm

Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan promised that Nigeria "will not stop until the girls are returned home and the thugs who took them are brought to justice." (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Nigerian president: We will not stop until the missing schoolgirls are returned home

Ashe Schow · June 27, 2014 2:06 pm

FILE - In this Friday, March 26, 2010, file photo, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks to the press in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq's Vice President Khudeir al-Khuzaie called on parliament to convene on Tuesday, July 1, 2014, taking the first step toward forming a new government to present a united front against a rapidly advancing Sunni insurgency while Britain's top diplomat started an official visit to the country to urge the country's leaders to put their differences aside for the good of the nation. Al-Maliki's political bloc won the most seats in April 30 elections, but he needs support from other blocs to govern with a majority. His efforts to form a coalition have been complicated by the current crisis as critics blame his failure to promote national reconciliation for the Sunni anger fueling the insurgent gains and want him to step down. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)

Iraqi Shiites pushing for al-Maliki’s removal

HAMZA HENDAWIQASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA · June 27, 2014 12:50 am