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Iraqi insurgents try to harness opposition rage
BAGHDAD – Iraqi insurgents are trying to capitalize on the rage of anti-government protesters and the instability caused by rising civil unrest, complicating the government’s efforts to stamp out a resurgent Al-Qaeda and other militants. Organizers of the protests insist they ...
Iraq MPs vote to bar Maliki from third term
    BAGHDAD — Iraq's parliament adopted a measure on Saturday that would bar Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki from a third term, a move his allies quickly dismissed as unconstitutional. A total of 170 MPs of 242 present backed the ...
Syria peace unlikely this year, says Iran diplomat
BAGHDAD — Syria is unlikely to see peace in 2013 as the fighting in the strife-torn country edges closer to civil war, Iran’s Ambassador to Baghdad Hassan Danaie-Far told AFP Thursday. In a grim assessment of nearly two years of conflict ...
Syria unlikely to see peace in 2013: Iran diplomat
  BAGHDAD — Syria is unlikely to see peace in 2013 as the fighting in the strife-torn country edges closer to civil war, Iran's ambassador to Baghdad Hassan Danaie-Far told AFP on Thursday.   In a grim assessment of nearly two years of ...
Depressed Tareq Aziz wants early execution
BAGHDAD — Tareq Aziz, the late Saddam Hussein’s ailing former deputy premier now on death row, is suffering from depression and plans to ask the Pope to call for his speedy execution, his lawyer said Wednesday. Badie Aref said Aziz, a ...
Iraq takes anger out on Saudi detainees after losing match
Al Arabiya   BAGHDAD – Twenty Saudi detainees in Iraqi prisons were tortured after the Iraqi national team lost the Gulf Cup football tournament to the UAE in a match supervised by a Saudi referee, according to Thamer Balheed, head of the ...
Protesters want Maliki to go
BAGHDAD – Thousands rallied in Sunni-majority areas of Iraq Friday, calling for the ouster of Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki in the latest of ongoing protests that have deepened a political crisis. Demonstrators in Baghdad and other cities also demanded the reform ...
New Iraq parliament up in air amid political row
BAGHDAD – For weeks, Iraqi MPs have been locked in a political crisis that has stalled progress on key decisions including one affecting their own offices in a future parliament complex. Iraq launched an international competition in late 2011 to design ...
16 killed in third day of deadly Iraq attacks
Armed relatives and tribe members protect the road during the funeral procession of MP Ayfan Al-Essawi, of the secular Sunni-backed Iraqiya bloc, in the western town of Fallujah, 50 km from Baghdad, Wednesday. — AFP   BAGHDAD – A spate of bombings ...
Faced with protests, Iraq releases 335 detainees
BAGHDAD – Iraq has freed 335 inmates in the past week, a top minister said Monday while apologizing to detainees held without charge, part of efforts to curb weeks of rallies by meeting key demands of protesters. Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki ...
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