Kerry: US open to talks with Iran over Iraq
By MATTHEW LEE 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…
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Young Iraqis volunteer to fight surging militants
By HAMZA HENDAWI and SAMEER N. YACOUB Iraqi men board military trucks to join the Iraqi army at the main recruiting center in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, June. 14, 2014, after…
Iran’s president: Ready to help Iraq if asked
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI Iranian President Hassan Rouhani leaves after a press conference in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, June 14, 2014. Rouhani says the international sanctions regime has crumbled and will…
FIGHTING BETWEEN IRAQI TROOPS, AL-QAIDA KILLS 34
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA and SINAN SALAHEDDIN Gunmen patrol after clashes with Iraqi security forces in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014. Lt. Gen.…
IRAQ POLICE FIND BODIES OF 18 SUNNIS; BOMBS KILL 4
By SAMEER N. YACOUBCivilians and security forces inspect the site of a double car bomb attack at a vegetable market in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 100 miles (160…
Separate attacks in Iraq kill 27
By SAMEER N. YACOUB A Sunni worshiper leaves the Sunni Abu Hanifa mosque after he finds out it is closed at Azamiya area in north Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 23,…
Attacks against Shiites in Iraq kill at least 41
By SINAN SALAHEDDIN Iraqi Shiite faithful worshippers re-enact the seventh century battle of Karbala during the festival of Ashoura in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday,…
Double bombing, shooting kill 7 people in Iraq
By SAMEER N. YACOUB An Iraqi man inspects his car destroyed in a suicide car bomb in the Baghdad al-Jadidah district, Iraq, Friday, Nov. 8, 2013. Officials in Iraq said…