Iran eclipses US as Iraq’s ally in fight against militants
By HAMZA HENDAWI and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA In the eyes of most Iraqis, their country’s best ally in the war against the Islamic State group is not the United States and…
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Iraqi Shiites pushing for al-Maliki’s removal
By HAMZA HENDAWI FILE – In this Friday, March 26, 2010, file photo, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks to the press in Baghdad, Iraq. Iraq’s Vice President Khudeir al-Khuzaie…
IRAN’S PRESIDENT REGRETS FOOD RATION PROBLEMS
By NASSER KARIMI In this photo released by the official website of the office of the Iranian Presidency, President Hassan Rouhani sits in a meeting with Swedish Foreign Minister Carl…
GLOBAL “ELDERS” URGE IRAN TO BUILD ON NUCLEAR DEAL
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI Kofi Annan, former U.N secretary general, center, reads a statement at the conclusion of his meeting with Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Tehran, Iran,…
SYRIAN OPPOSITION ISSUES ULTIMATUM ON PEACE TALKS
By BASSEM MROUE and LORI HINNANT FILE – In this Friday, Nov. 16, 2012 file photo, A Free Syrian Army fighter stands next to a painting on a piece of…
EU POISED TO SUSPEND SOME SANCTIONS ON IRAN
BY JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks at his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014. Putin credited…
IRAN’S TOP DIPLOMAT MEETS WITH EMIRATI LEADER
By ADAM SCHRECK This image released by the Emirates News Agency, WAM, shows UAE president Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, right, meeting with the Iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad…
IRAN ENVOY MEETS KUWAITI EMIR IN LATEST OUTREACH
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, left, together with Kuwait’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheik Sabah Khalid Al Hamad Al Sabah talks to journalists during the second session…