Tag: Iraq

People inspect the site of a car bomb attack on cars lined up at a gas station in the oil rich city of Kirkuk, in northern Iraq, Thursday, July 10, 2014. The lightning sweep by the militants over much of northern and western Iraq the past month has dramatically hiked tensions between the country's Shiite majority and Sunni minority. At the same time, splits have grown between the Shiite-led government in Baghdad and the Kurdish autonomous region in the north.(AP Photo)

Iraq’s Kurds will boycott Cabinet meetings

Qassim AbdulZahra · July 10, 2014 8:39 pm

Iraqi men check in at the main army recruiting center as they volunteer for military services in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, July 9, 2014, after authorities urged Iraqis to help battle insurgents. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Iraqi leader accuses Kurds of hosting militants

Ryan Lucas · July 9, 2014 8:09 pm

A woman from an elite unit of female Kurdish Peshmerga fighters trains in Sulaimaniyah, 160 miles northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, in this Thursday, July 3, 2014 photo. (AP Photo)

An independent Kurdistan: World War I continues

Austin Bay · July 9, 2014 7:09 pm

Mourners carry the flag-draped coffin of Abdullah Swadi, a member of an Iraqi volunteer forces group who was killed during clashes with Islamic militants, his family said, during his funeral procession in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles (160 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, July 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Jaber al-Helo)

Iraqi parliament to meet early next week

Qassim AbdulZahra · July 8, 2014 10:02 pm

In this Sunday, July 6, 2014 photo, a displaced Iraqi family who fled from Baqouba after advances by Islamic militants, sits in their tent at a camp in Khanaqin, 90 miles (140 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo/Adam Hadei)

Iraqi parliament squabbles over when to next meet

RYAN LUCASQASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA · July 7, 2014 7:21 pm

This image made from video posted on a militant website Saturday, July 5, 2014, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, purports to show the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, delivering a sermon at a mosque in Iraq. A video posted online Saturday purports to show the leader of the Islamic State extremist group that has overrun much of Syria and Iraq delivering a sermon at a mosque in Iraq, in what would be a rare - if not the first - public appearance by the shadowy militant. (AP Photo/Militant video)

Iraq analyzing tape purported to show top militant

Sinan Salaheddin · July 6, 2014 7:22 pm

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, center, attends the first session of parliament in the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, July 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Beltway Confidential

A blazing indictment of Obama administration decisions on Iraq

Michael Barone · July 6, 2014 2:31 pm

‘Why We Stuck With Maliki — and Lost Iraq’

Daniel Halper · July 5, 2014 12:01 pm

FILE - In this March 26, 2010 file photo, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks to the press in Baghdad, Iraq. Al-Maliki said in a statement issued by his office Friday, July 4, 2014, that he will fight until the Islamic militants who have overrun much of the country are defeated, suggesting he won't step down despite pressure for him to do so. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File)

Iraq’s al-Maliki signals his intent to stay in job

RYAN LUCASQASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA · July 4, 2014 7:59 pm

Turkish truck drivers kidnapped by militants in northern Iraq get on board an airplane at an airport in Irbil, north of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, July 3, 2014. Militants released the 32 Turkish truck drivers who were captured when the extremists overran the city of Mosul. Militants seized them on June 9 in Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city. Three days later, they took another 49 people from the Turkish consulate in the city. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said efforts were underway to secure the release of the Turks still in captivity. (AP Photo)

Iraqi Kurdish leader urges independence referendum

RYAN LUCASBRAM JANSSEN · July 4, 2014 3:16 am

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel, left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, briefs reporters at the Pentagon, Thursday, July 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Dempsey: No assault on Iraq unless US threatened

Lolita Baldor · July 3, 2014 9:03 pm

Crude oil futures slip as Iraq risks recede

Crude oil futures slip as Iraq risks recede

Pablo Gorondi · July 3, 2014 7:52 pm