Iraq's foreign minister calls for disarmament of 'PKK elements' in the north

Iraq's Foreign Minister Fuad Hussein has praised a Kurdish separatist group's decision to withdraw fighters from northern Iraq and Turkey ...
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Vice President Biden's Relationship With Maliki Is Ending

In 2009, newly elected President Barack Obama gave Vice President Joe Biden responsibility for helping to wind down the war in Iraq. As is his habit, Biden struck up a telephone relationship with ...

Iraq faces elections at a delicate moment in the Middle East

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq is weeks away from parliamentary elections that will set the country’s course during one of the Middle ...

Iraq boosting oil exports, no impact from oilfield fire, minister says

Iraq's total oil exports stand at 3.6 million barrels per day, Oil Minister Hayan Abdel-Ghani said on Monday, adding that a fire at Iraq's Zubair oilfield on Sunday did not impact shipments.
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Iraq Wants to Arrest Its Sunni Vice President

Less than 48 hours after the last American troops crossed the border into Kuwait, the Shiite-led Iraqi government issued a terrorism-related arrest warrant for Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi ...