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BAGHDAD - The Sunni insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq has rebounded in strength in recent months and appears to be launching a concerted effort to cripple the Iraqi government as U.S. troops withdraw, Iraqi and American...
Reuters reports that Iraq's parliament failed on Saturday to resolve the crisis produced by the veto of the election bill it had passed by vice president Tariq al-Hashemi , a Sunni Arab who wanted better representation for...
By Trudy Rubin - Philadelphia Inquirer Kabul, Afghanistan — The residents of the Afghan capital, both native and foreign, are waiting for President Obama — to make up his mind. The president’s lengthy review of Afghan policy —...
Gulf News, UAE Nov 22 2009 Turkey in regional activism mode Since the Israeli war on Gaza, Ankara has become a frequent critic of Israeli policy, despite the strong alliance the two sides formed in the 1990s. Gulf News: Are we...
Iraqi government spokesman, Ali al-Dabbagh has said that oil deals to develop the country's Zubair and West Qurna oilfields may not be ready for approval at the next scheduled cabinet session on Tuesday, Reuters has reported....
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is being accused of misleading Britain's politicians and the public before the war in Iraq. Government documents leaked to The Sunday Telegraph allegedly show the conflict was being...
Flew up from Baghdad to the northern Iraqi city of Suleimaniyah this afternoon, crossing the "border" between Arab Iraq and Kurdish Iraq. There is of course, no border there - Iraqi Kurdistan is part of Iraq, de jure if not...
An increasing number of female jihadis are being recruited and trained to blow themselves up in the name of Islam. Alissa J Rubin visits an Iraqi jail to find out what makes young women turn themselves into killing machines In...
The Iraq inquiry will start hearing evidence in open session on Tuesday, and it will almost certainly lead to fireworks. Let us hope the media cover it properly; five months ago, there was a sharp debate on Iraq in the Commons...
Tony Blair No weapons of mass destruction, thousands dead, yet Mr Blair won a fourth term in 2005. He resigned in 2007, becoming the UN's Middle East envoy and adviser to J P Morgan and Zurich Financial Services. He now...
