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US, Syria opposition disagree over terrorist label
The U.S. and the head of the new Syrian opposition coalition being feted at a conference in Morocco Wednesday publicly disagreed over designating a ...
OPEC keeps output target on hold amid weak economy
OPEC ministers agreed to keep their daily crude production target unchanged at a meeting Wednesday. But in a sign of internal rivalries, they failed ...
Extremists among Syrian rebels who seized base
Syrian rebels including Islamic extremists took full control of a sprawling military base Tuesday after a bloody two-day battle that killed 35 ...
British firm agrees to plead guilty in Iraq case
A British contractor has agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud conspiracy in a deal to supply vehicles to Iraqi police during U.S.-led reconstruction ...
Iraqi Kurdish leader visits disputed areas
The president of Iraq's self-ruled Kurdish region visited Kurdish troops Monday in ethnically disputed areas near the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, a move ...
Iraq officials say bombing kills 3
Iraqi authorities say a bomb exploded near the house of an anti-al-Qaida militiaman south of Baghdad, killing him, his 8-year-old son and another ...
Baghdad, Kurds said to reach security agreement
Iraq's prime minister said Thursday that Baghdad and Kurdish officials reached a preliminary agreement to allow inhabitants of disputed northern areas ...
Afghan, Iraq wars top Red Cross priorities in 2013
The International Committee of the Red Cross says Afghanistan and Iraq will continue to dominate its agenda while seeking $1.21 billion to pay for its ...
A look at the Patriot missiles en route to Turkey
NATO's expected decision Tuesday to provide Turkey with Patriot missiles returns the spotlight to an American-manufactured, anti-missile system that ...
Officials: Gunmen kill 6 family members in Baghdad
Police and health officials say gunmen have broken into a house in eastern Baghdad, killing six members of an Iraqi family. Two police officers say ...
Gunmen kill Sunni fighter, 2 sons in Iraq
Iraqi authorities say gunmen broke into the house of an anti-al-Qaida militiaman north of Baghdad and killed him and his two sons. A police officer ...
Iraq says it can't search all Syria-bound planes
Iraq's prime minister says his country is unable to search all Syria-bound Iranian planes that fly through Iraqi airspace. But Nouri al-Maliki said ...
Wave of attacks in Iraq kills at least 43 people
Back-to-back explosions tore through tents housing Shiite pilgrims in southern Iraq on Thursday, the deadliest in a wave of bombings that killed at ...
Attackers raid home in Iraq, kill 7 family members
Officials say gunmen have broken into the home of two anti-al-Qaida militiamen north of Baghdad, killing seven family members. A police officer says ...
Wikileaks GI arguing his detention merits release
Supporters of an Army private charged in the biggest security breach in U.S. history packed a military courtroom on Tuesday as his attorneys made the ...
Iraq to help Jordan with free crude oil
Iraq says it is giving neighboring Jordan 100,000 barrels of oil as a gift to help overcome its economic difficulties. The decision by the Cabinet ...
At renovated Iraq shrine, Shiites mark a holy day
It is the most impassioned day of the year for Shiite Muslims — Ashoura, when one of the faith's most revered figures, Imam Hussein, was martyred in ...
Syrian rebels strengthen hold in country's east
Syrian rebels strengthened their hold Thursday on an oil-rich province bordering Iraq, activists said, capturing a key military base that was ...
Kurdish fighters gather in disputed area in Iraq
The commander of Kurdish forces dispatched fighters to a disputed northern area of Iraq Wednesday, as tensions mounted between Iraq's central ...
Iraq officials: Suicide car bombing kills 3
Officials say a car bomb explosion in central Iraq has killed three people and wounded 16 others. A police officer says a suicide car bomber drove his ...
Car bomb in Iraq kills 7, including 3 Iranians
An Iraqi health official says seven people, including three Iranian pilgrims, were killed when an explosives-laden car detonated as they were exiting ...
Hezbollah man wanted by US freed from Iraq custody
Iraq freed a jailed Hezbollah commander wanted by the United States on Friday, his lawyer said, returning him home to Lebanon in a move that ...
Nobel winners salute GI charged in WikiLeaks case
Three Nobel Peace Prize winners say a U.S. Army private being court-martialed for allegedly sending classified information to the secret-busting ...
US, Afghanistan start talks on status of US troops
The United States and Afghanistan faced potentially divisive issues such as immunity for U.S. troops as the two sides began talks Thursday on a ...