Tag: Iraq

In this Sunday, June 15, 2014 photo, an Iraqi child works on a temporary mosaic of Pope Francis' face made from the area's produce, including wheat, beans and lentils to commemorate an upcoming harvest feast, at the Chaldean Church of the Virgin Mary of the Harvest, in Alqosh, a village of some 6,000 inhabitants about 50 kilometers (31 miles) north of Mosul, northern Iraq. Dozens of Christian families that fled to this ancient Iraqi village have taken a much-traversed route -- many from their minority community have escaped to Alqosh before, in fear for their lives. This time, few say they want to go back to their homes, seeking safety under the Kurdish forces known as the peshmerga. (AP Photo)

Iraqi Christians flee homes amid militant push

Diaa Hadid · June 16, 2014 7:17 pm

Monday meme: Par for the course

Beltway Confidential

Monday meme: Par for the course

Ashe Schow · June 16, 2014 6:05 pm

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, talks with Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., on Capitol Hill in Washington in this July 18, 2013 file photo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

The foreign policy issue that split John McCain and Lindsey Graham

Susan Crabtree · June 16, 2014 5:59 pm

Shiite tribal fighters raise their weapons and chant slogans against the al-Qaida-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 16, 2014. Sunni militants captured a key northern Iraqi town along the highway to Syria early on Monday, compounding the woes of Iraq's Shiite-led government a week after it lost a vast swath of territory to the insurgents in the country's north. (AP Photo/Nabil Al-Jurani)

UN calls Iraq reports almost certain war crimes

John Heilprin · June 16, 2014 5:14 pm

Iraqi army soldiers stand guard at Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Renewed fighting in Iraq leaves a bitter aftertaste

Thomas Sowell · June 16, 2014 4:51 pm

Kerry: ‘We Have the Security We Need for Our Embassy’

Kerry: ‘We Have the Security We Need for Our Embassy’

Daniel Halper · June 16, 2014 4:22 pm

Iraqi security forces in uniforms and plainclothes head to Baghdad in the main road between Baghdad and Mosul, a day after fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant took control of much of Mosul. Al Qaeda-inspired militants seized effective control Wednesday of Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit, expanding their offensive closer to the Iraqi capital as soldiers and security forces abandoned their posts following clashes with the insurgents. (AP Photo)

What went wrong in Iraq

Steve Chapman · June 16, 2014 2:57 pm

Iraqi Shiite tribal fighters deploy with their weapons while chanting slogans against the al Qaeda-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), to help the military, which defends the capital in Baghdad's Sadr City, Iraq, Friday. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)

National Security

John Kerry says U.S. open to working with Iran to assist Iraq

Susan Crabtree · June 16, 2014 1:52 pm

Iraqi army soldiers stand guard at Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, June 16, 2014. Sunni militants captured a key northern Iraqi town along the highway to Syria early on Monday, compounding the woes of Iraq's Shiite-led government a week after it lost a vast swath of territory to the insurgents in the country's north. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Oil rises above $107 as Iraq turmoil intensifies

Pablo Gorondi · June 16, 2014 12:58 pm

FILE - This June 12, 2014 file photo shows Secretary of State John Kerry listens during a meeting between President Barack Obama and Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. With Baghdad threatened by the advance of an al-Qaida-inspired insurgency, the State Department is reinforcing security at the U.S. Embassy in Iraq's capital _ and sending some personnel out of town. Kerry made calls to foreign ministers in Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar to discuss the threat and the need for Iraqi leaders to work together. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

National Security

Kerry: US open to talks with Iran over Iraq

Matthew Lee · June 16, 2014 12:43 pm

President Obama talks about his administration's response to a growing insurgency foothold in Iraq, Friday, on the South Lawn of the White House. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House week ahead: Obama tries to craft Iraq response

Brian Hughes · June 16, 2014 12:37 pm

‘The U.S. Must Step Up to Stop Iraq from Falling to Radical Jihadist Terrorists’

‘The U.S. Must Step Up to Stop Iraq from Falling to Radical Jihadist Terrorists’

Daniel Halper · June 16, 2014 8:44 am