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Trump appears to extend Iran deadline in cryptic postPresident Donald Trump has extended the deadline for Iran to negotiate the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran faces devastating infras...- Syria says repelled drone attack from Iraq on US baseSyrian forces successfully intercepted four drones launched from Iraq targeting a US base in Qasrak. Syria's assistant defence minister sta...
- US plan to send thousands of troops to Iran: Here's what happened when Iran last fought a ground invasion 30 years agoAs the Middle East conflict enters its 20th day, Iran shows no signs of backing down amid US pressure. Reports suggest President Trump plan...
- What to know about the Kurds and their potential involvement in the Iran warBattle-hardened Kurds in northern Iraq are reportedly preparing for a potential cross-border military operation into Iran with U.S. backing...
- Iraq declares curfew in northern province after ethnical clashesA curfew has been imposed in the city of Kirkuk, Iraq, after clashes between Kurds, Arabs, and Turkmens. Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia...
- Far from becoming a US colony, how Iraq has proved to be fiercely independentThose that have not followed the twists and turns of Iraqi politics may be surprised to know that the current regime in Baghdad is very pro...
- A fragile partnership in Iraq tries to prevent IS revivalThe scene earlier this month in the small northern Iraqi farming village of Lheiban was a rare instance of coordination between the federal...
- Islamic State 'blows up' Iraq oil wells, kills policeman: OfficialsIraqi Kurdish peshmerga forces took control of Kirkuk, home to key oilfields including Bay Hassan, in June 2014 after federal forces withdr...
- Allegations of abuse, mismanagement shadow gains against ISThe Trump administration's decision to provide Syria's Kurds with more advanced weapons has raised concerns among the various players in Sy...
- Tensions between Kurdish groups are making the fight against ISIS a lot more complicatedBut Recip Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey's authoritarian-minded president, also used the strikes against ISIS as cover for a Machiavellian power-pl...
- Conflict between groups fighting the Islamic State terror group in IraqIt seems that Kurds, an ethnic group, have been seizing on the opportunity to take over territory that they expel ISIS from.
- Iraq's divisions will delay counter-offensive on Islamic StateAmericans' training mission aims to prepare Iraqi troops for a spring offensive to retake territory, incl Mosul and Islamic State's powerba...
- Iraqi Kurds 'being armed by various sources': US official sourcesUS state department claims arms supposed arms are provided by various sources to Iraqi Kurds intheir fight against Islamic State Jihadists.
- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urges Iraqi politicians to form governmentUN Secy Gen Ban Ki-moon called on Iraqi politicians to form a broad-based government to face jihadists threatening large parts of the count...
- Judge who ordered Saddam Hussain's death executed by ISISIslamic State of Iraq and Syria fighters have reportedly captured and executed the judge who sentenced Saddam Hussein to death, a Facebook ...
- 40 Indians kidnapped in Iraq's Mosul, involvement of ISIS rebels suspectedAround 40 Indians working on projects near the Iraqi city of Mosul were kidnapped by suspected ISIS militants when they were being evacuate...
- Oil wealth fans ethnic flames in Iraqi townIn a mirror image of Kirkuk, the Kurdish town of Khanaqin near the border with Iran that holds sizeable oil reserves is being exposed to et...
- Iraq suicide bomber kills five in car showroomA suicide bomber blew himself up at a car dealership in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Saturday, killing at least five people and wou...
- Oil deals to stand despite Iraq opposition: Kurdish leaderThe prime minister of Iraq's self-ruled Kurdish region says oil deals the Kurds have signed unilaterally with foreign companies will stand ...
- Iraqi Kurds sign 7 oil deals; Reliance among contractorsIraq's Kurdish region has defiantly signed seven new foreign oil contracts, including one with Reliance Energy Ltd.
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