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Topic: Iraq

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October 29, 2012
5:44 am

Smoke rises over Saif Al Dawla district in Aleppo, Syria earlier this month (photo credit: AP/ Manu Brabo)

International investors prefer Syria to Greece

CFOs are wary of Southern Europe, parts of which they consider as risky as the Middle East, says chief of global consultancy

By Pan Pylas

October 28, 2012
3:05 pm

Smoke rises from the Karmal Jabl neighborhood during clashes between rebel fighters and the Syrian army in Aleppo, Syria, Thursday, October 25, 2012 (photo credit: AP/Narciso Contreras)

Syrian ceasefire crumbles, international envoy blamed

Iraq is mired in violence and political discord; another tunnel collapses in the Gaza Strip

By Elhanan Miller

October 24, 2012
9:24 am

Baku, the capital of energy-rich Azerbaijan (photo credit: CC BY David Davidson/Flikr)

Feeling pain of Western sanctions, Iran looks to the east

Islamic Republic has contingency plans to run the country without critical oil revenue, including investments in solar and renewable sources, oil minister says

By Brian Murphy

October 23, 2012
12:26 am

Two statuettes depicting President Barack Obama, left, and Republican rival Mitt Romney are backdropped by the Stars and Stripes in a shop which sells Christmas nativity figures in Naples, Italy, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012, hours ahead of their third and final presidential debate in Boca Raton, Florida. (photo credit: Salvatore Laporta/AP)

Face to face: It’s the final Obama-Romney debate

Candidates spar over Middle East policy in last direct confrontation of tight presidential race

By David Espo and Kasie Hunt

October 11, 2012
5:22 pm

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, center (photo credit: AP/Ali Haider)

Iraq denies it allows weapons smuggling to Syria

Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki says there’s an ‘absolute ban’ on suspected Syria-bound planes

October 10, 2012
6:46 am

Blindfolded and handcuffed suspected al-Qaida members are guarded by Iraqi army soldiers in an Iraqi army base in Hillah, about 60 miles south of Baghdad, Iraq, on Friday, July 20, 2012. (photo credit: Alaa al-Marjani/AP)

Al-Qaida is making a comeback in Iraq, officials say

Insurgents gain strength on government’s security mistakes, region’s instability

By Lara Jakes and Qassim Abdul-Zahra

October 8, 2012
7:53 pm

A man stands next to a bombed vehicle in Kirkuk, Iraq (photo credit: AP/Emad Matti)

Turkish jets reportedly strike PKK bases in Iraq

In response to onslaught on Kurdish rebel targets, Baghdad vows to take ‘diplomatic’ steps against Ankara for violating its sovereignty

By Suzan Fraser

October 4, 2012
11:45 am

Palestinian-American receives life sentence in Iraq

Omar Rashad Khalil convicted of financing terrorist activities

October 4, 2012
10:29 am

Car bomb kills five, wounds 13 in Baghdad

Officials say blast just missed convoy of foreign security personnel

September 30, 2012
6:12 pm

Iraqis stand in rubble at the scene of a car bomb attack in the town of Taji, about 12 miles (20 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 30 (photo credit: AP/Hadi Mizban)

32 killed in sectarian terrorist attacks around Iraq

Bombings follow massive prison break; ‘Al-Qaeda leaders have no intention of leaving this country or letting Iraqis live in peace,’ says Shiite lawmaker

By Brian Murphy and Nasser Karimi

September 25, 2012
11:49 am

Iran’s Khamenei is poster boy for influence in Iraq

A campaign depicting the supreme leader on Baghdad streets attests to renewal of ties between the two former enemies

By Lara Jakes and Qassim Abdul-Zahra

September 22, 2012
1:21 pm

Indian Muslim women shout slogans against the US on Friday during a protest rally, one of many demonstrations around the world against perceived insults to the Prophet Muhammad. (photo credit: AP/Channi Anand)

Violent clashes erupt in Bangladesh over anti-Islam film

Several vehicles burned, including a police van, as portesters announce nationwide strike on Sunday

September 21, 2012
11:34 pm

In this Thursday, Sept. 20, 2012 photo, a wounded woman, still in shock, leaves Dar El Shifa hospital in Aleppo, Syria. (AP Photo/ Manu Brabo)

Iraq bars Syria-bound plane with suspected arms

Decision could close supply line for Assad; US seeks ban of Iranian aircraft with similar cargo

By Karin Laub

September 21, 2012
8:26 am

Pakistani protesters hold a banner depicting US President Barack Obama and pastor Terry Jones during a rally in Peshawar on Thursday (photo credit: AP/Mohammad Sajjad)

Obama’s 4-year record in the Muslim world

Anti-US protests this month indicate strides as well as setbacks

By Ben Feller and Robert Burns

September 13, 2012
1:35 am

Libyans celebrate in Martyrs' Square in Tripoli after voting in the first democratic election in decades in July (photo credit: AP/Abdel Magid Al Fergany)

Eleven years after 9/11, two-thirds of US travel warnings relate to the Muslim world

Of 32 standing State Department travel warnings, 22 are for Muslim-majority countries, with Libya the subject of the latest alert

By Haviv Rettig Gur

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