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Iran’s Rouhani Says Ready To Aid Iraq, Nuke Deal By July 20 Possible
Iran stands ready to provide help to Iraq's government in its fight against Sunni insurgents within the framework…
Iraq’s Top Shi’ite Cleric Issues Call To Fight Jihadist Rebelsa
Iraq's most senior Shi'ite Muslim cleric urged followers to take up arms against a full-blown Sunni militant…
Iraq Kurds Take Kirkuk; Sunni Militants Surge Toward Baghdad
Iraqi Kurds took control of the northern oil city of Kirkuk on Thursday after government forces abandoned their…
Baghdad Car Bombs Kill 60; Militants Storm Ramadi University
A wave of car bombs exploded across Baghdad on Saturday, killing more than 60 people, and militants stormed a…
Kurdish Students Reportedly Abducted by Militants in Syria
A rogue militant group formerly allied with al Qaeda kidnapped more than a 150 teenage Kurdish students in Syria…
Saudi Arabia and Iran Reach Out Tentatively
The fevered struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran for regional dominance has for years aggravated nearly every…
Mers Virus: Saudi Arabia Raises Death Toll to 282
Saudi Arabia says 282 people are now confirmed to have been killed by the Mers virus, almost 100 more than…
Victory in Syrian Election is Show of Assad’s Control
President Bashar al-Assad of Syria on Wednesday celebrated his overwhelming victory in a deeply disputed election,…
Once on the edge of defeat, Syria’s Assad runs again for president
It was not so long ago that Bashar al-Assad’s enemies thought he was finished. In the summer of 2012, the rebels…
Syria UN Chemical Weapons Inspectors ‘Attacked’
A convoy of chemical weapons inspectors and UN staff that was travelling to a site of an alleged chlorine gas…