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Syrian opposition coalition falls into disarray
Syria's Western-backed opposition plunged into disarray on Sunday as its president resigned and its military leader refused to recognize a prime ...
Hunger strike hinders DC murder trial plans
The already-bizarre criminal case of a slain German socialite and journalist has been brought to a virtual standstill by her husband's refusal to eat, ...
Saddam's specter lives on in Iraqi landmarks
The soaring half domes of the Martyr Monument stand out against the drabness of eastern Baghdad, not far from where Saddam Hussein's feared eldest son ...
Attack on Iraqi Justice Ministry kills 24
Attackers unleashed a carefully planned assault with car bombs and gunmen disguised as police on the Iraqi Justice Ministry on Thursday, killing at ...
Al-Qaida says it killed 51 Syrian soldiers in Iraq
Al-Qaida's Iraq branch claimed responsibility Monday for the deaths of 51 Syrian soldiers and nine Iraqis killed in a well-planned assault in western ...
Iraqi security forces surround protest site
Iraqi authorities deployed security forces around the main rallying point for Sunni protests in western Iraq overnight and warned on Saturday that the ...
Syrian jets bomb northern city overrun by rebels
Syrian jets bombed opposition-held buildings Tuesday in the strategic northern city of Raqqa, a day after rebels overran the onetime regime stronghold ...
48 Syrian soldiers killed in Iraq ambush
Dozens of Syrian soldiers who had crossed into Iraq for refuge were ambushed Monday with bombs, gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades in an attack ...
Officials: 42 Syrian troops killed in Iraq ambush
At least 42 Syrian soldiers were killed in a well-coordinated ambush Monday after seeking refuge across the border in Iraq following clashes with ...
Iraqi Sunni official announces resignation
Iraq's Sunni finance minister drew cheers from anti-government protesters Friday when he announced he will resign from the government, further ...
Series of explosions in Iraq kill 22
A series of bombings struck Baghdad and towns south of the Iraqi capital on Thursday, killing at least 22 and wounding dozens in areas that are home ...
AP INTERVIEW: Iraq PM warns Syria war could spread
Iraq's prime minister warned Wednesday that a victory for rebels in the Syrian civil war would create a new extremist haven and destabilize the wider ...
Shiite militant threatens Iranian exiles in Iraq
The head of a new Shiite militant group in Iraq on Tuesday threatened to carry out more attacks on a camp for Iranian exiles that was struck by dozens ...
Return of sectarian threats in Iraq raises alarm
The fliers began turning up at Sunni households in the Iraqi capital's Jihad neighborhood last week bearing a chilling message: Get out now or face ...
Iraq panel clears senior judge over Saddam ties
An Iraqi judicial panel rejected on Tuesday a decision to remove one of the country's top judges from his post because of alleged ties to Saddam ...
Kurdish refugees have mixed feelings about Syria
Syrian Kurds who fled their country's civil war have mixed feelings about a future without Bashar Assad: They hope to win a measure of autonomy after ...
Iraq's top judge removed over ties to Saddam party
The Iraqi panel tasked with purging government ranks of former members of Saddam Hussein's party said on Thursday that it has removed the country's ...
AP Interview: UN envoy says Iraq must hear Sunnis
Iraq's Shiite-led government should do more to address complaints by the country's disaffected Sunni minority about human rights violations and lack ...
US condemns attack on refugee camp in Iraq
The State Department is condemning the rocket and mortar attack that killed six people and wounded dozens of others at a refugee camp near Baghdad's ...
6 dead in rocket attack on Iraqi refugee camp
Rockets and mortar rounds struck a refugee camp for Iranian exiles next to Baghdad's international airport before dawn Saturday, killing six people ...
PM says Syrian-style revolt impossible in Iraq
Iraq's prime minister said Saturday that a Syrian-style revolt against the government "will not happen" in his country, despite mounting street ...
Iraq: 2 soldiers killed near rally shooting site
Gunmen killed two Iraqi soldiers and abducted three others in Fallujah on Saturday as hundreds of mourners gathered in the restive western city for ...
Violence erupts at Iraq rally; 5 protesters killed
Iraqi troops opened fire on stone-throwing Sunni demonstrators in the country's restive west on Friday, leading to the deaths of at least five ...
Suicide blast at funeral kills 25 in Iraq
A suicide bomber struck a packed funeral ceremony at a Shiite mosque in northern Iraq on Wednesday, killing at least 25 people and wounding dozens in ...