Tag: Iraq

Kudos to the Iraqi Kurds

Kudos to the Iraqi Kurds

Stephen Schwartz · July 16, 2014 1:23 pm

VIDEO: Lawmakers debate America’s future in Iraq

Ed Sykes · July 15, 2014 7:35 pm

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 27, 2010 file photo, Sunni lawmaker Salim al-Jubouri speaks to the press in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraqi lawmakers broke their deadlock Tuesday and elected Sunni lawmaker Salim al-Jubouri as the new speaker of parliament, taking the first formal step toward forming a new government that is widely seen as crucial to confronting militants who have overrun much of the country. According to the constitution, parliament now has 30 days to elect a president, who will then have 15 days to ask the leader of the largest bloc in the legislature to form a government. Then a prime minister will be picked. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)

Iraqi parliament breaks deadlock to elect speaker

QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRASINAN SALAHEDDIN · July 15, 2014 6:39 pm

Dick Cheney is back to blast ‘isolationists’ on left and right

Beltway Confidential

Dick Cheney is back to blast ‘isolationists’ on left and right

Blake Seitz · July 14, 2014 10:20 pm

Initial review of Iraq forces done; no decisions

Lolita Baldor · July 14, 2014 10:11 pm

A Kurdish Peshmerga fighter stands guard as new equipment arrives at Kalak refinery on the outskirts of Irbil, Iraq, Monday, July 14, 2014, as Kurdish authorities are trying to help ease the fuel shortage. (AP Photo)

Why the Rand Paul-Rick Perry feud over Iraq is good for U.S. policy

Gene Healy · July 14, 2014 10:07 pm

Fighting rages over Iraqi town north of Baghdad

Sinan Salaheddin · July 14, 2014 8:42 pm

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif waits for the start of closed-door nuclear talks with European foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton in Vienna, Austria, Thursday, July 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Iranian foreign minister: Keep Iraq intact

Zack Colman · July 13, 2014 4:27 pm

Iraqi former Parliament speaker and the chairman of the Sunni Arab Coalition Osama al-Nujaifi, center, speaks to the media during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, July 13, 2014. Iraq's deadlocked parliament ended its second session after just 30 minutes Sunday without making any progress toward forming a new government that can unite the country and confront the Sunni militant blitz that has seized control of a huge chunk of the country. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Iraq parliament postpones decision on new leaders

SINAN SALAHEDDINQASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA · July 13, 2014 3:48 pm

In this Friday, July 11, 2014 photo, an Islamic militant speaks to people during a celebration of their declaration of an Islamic state at a mosque in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. Sunni militants seized control of the Anbar city of Fallujah, and parts of Ramadi in January. The government has since reasserted its control of Ramadi, but Fallujah remains in insurgent hands. (AP Photo)

UN warns Iraq of ‘chaos’ if no political progress

Qassim AbdulZahra · July 12, 2014 11:38 pm

Iraqi Kurds take over 2 northern oil fields

Sinan Salaheddin · July 12, 2014 6:23 am

Hagel: US aware of Russian, Iranian roles in Iraq

National Security

Hagel: US aware of Russian, Iranian roles in Iraq

Robert Burns · July 11, 2014 9:57 pm