UK PRIME MINISTER CAMERON LOSES SYRIA WAR VOTE
By RAPHAEL SATTER and GREGORY KATZ In this image taken from video, Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron, centre, speaks during a debate on Syria, in Britain’s parliament, London, Thursday August…
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IRAQI PM SAYS HIS COUNTRY ON HIGH ALERT OVER SYRIA
By SINAN SALAHEDDIN A Baghdad municipality worker cleans, while people and security forces inspect the site of a car bomb attack in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2013.…
UN REFUGEE HEAD: SYRIA ON ‘VERGE OF THE ABYSS’
By ADAM SCHRECK AP10ThingsToSee – FILE – Syrian refugees cross into Iraq at the Peshkhabour border point in Dahuk, 260 miles (430 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 20,…
THOUSANDS OF SYRIANS FLEE TO IRAQ; CRISIS FEARED
By SINAN SALAHEDDIN and ZEINA KARAM In this photo provided by UNHCR officials and taken on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2013. Syrian refugees cross the border toward Iraq at Peshkhabour border…
IRAQI PREMIER VOWS TO CONTINUE SECURITY OPERATIONS
By SAMEER N. YACOUB A man inspects the damage at a cafe following a suicide bombing in Balad, 60 miles (80 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013.…
SYRIAN ENVOY: CHEMICAL WEAPONS CAN’T BE TOLERATED
By PETER JAMES SPIELMANN Bashar Ja’afari, Syria’s U.N. ambassador, gestures as he speaks during a news conference, Tuesday, April 30, 2013 at United Nations headquarters. Bashar Ja’afari says the use…
UN COMPARES IRAQ DEATH PENALTY — USE TO SLAUGHTER
Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki greets supporters following a campaign rally in Basra, Iraq’s second-largest city, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, April 15, 2013. Al-Maliki resumed…
ANCIENT SITE UNEARTHED IN IRAQI HOME OF ABRAHAM
This photo taken on March 31, 2013 photo provided by Manchester University professor Stuart Campbell shows excavation in progress at Tell Khaiber, Iraq. A British archaeologist says he and his…