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April 3, 2013
10:11 am

Terrorists in the al-Jazeera region on the Iraqi side of the Syria-Iraq border, in an undated photo on a militant website. (photo credit: AP)

Syrian, Iraqi jihadi groups said to be cooperating

Border area ‘is a nest of terrorist cells’ carved out by al-Qaeda in Iraq and its affiliates, Iraqi government spokesman says

March 4, 2013
11:21 pm

In this Sunday March 3, 2013 image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, a Syrian rebel fighters displays an epaulette from a government soldier during a tour of the police academy complex in Khan al-Asal, in the province of Aleppo, Syria. (photo credit: AP/Shaam News Network via AP video)

48 Syrian soldiers killed in al-Qaeda ambush in Iraq

Presence of troops across the border raises fears that Syrian civil war could further spread across the region

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra

February 27, 2013
6:39 pm

Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki listens during an interview with The Associated Press in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013 (photo credit: AP/ Khalid Mohammed)

Iraqi PM warns Syrian rebel victory will bring chaos

Maliki says if opposition wins, ‘there will be a civil war in Lebanon, divisions in Jordan and a sectarian war in Iraq’

By Adam Schreck and Qassim Abdul-Zahra

October 25, 2012
10:26 am

This June 14, 2012 photo shows Syrian security forces at the site where a car bomb exploded near the shrine of Sayyida Zeinab, visible in the background, in a suburb of Damascus, Syria (photo credit:AP Photo/Bassem Tellawi)

Iraqi Shiites fear for their Syrian brethren

Militant source says hundreds of Iraqi fighters have crossed into Syria to protect Shiite shrines

By Adam Schreck and Qassim Abdul-Zahra

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

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

July 13, 2012
12:36 am

US military spokesman Brig. Gen. Kevin J. Bergner speaks during a press conference, near a poster of senior Lebanese Hezbollah operative Ali Mussa Daqduq in Baghdad, Iraq, in 2007. (photo credit: Wathiq Khuzaie/AP)

US moves to extradite Hezbollah prisoner from Iraq

Lebanese-born Ali Mussa Daqduq, accused of masterminding a 2007 attack that killed 5 US soldiers, is being held under house arrest in Baghdad’s heavily-fortified Green Zone

By Lara Jakes and Qassim Abdul-Zahra

July 10, 2012
4:09 pm

International envoy Kofi Annan (l) and Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi, in a joint press conference after meeting in Tehran on July 10, 2012. (photo credit: Vahid Salemi/AP)

Annan visits Iran, Iraq to enlist support for Syria peace plan

UN envoy hopes to end 16 months of bloodshed that has killed 17,000

By Qassim Abdul-Zahra and ALI AKBAR DAREINI

June 4, 2012
7:59 pm

Iran rallies to aid of Iraq’s embattled leader

Tehran is ‘actively and aggressively trying to keep al-Maliki in power,’ reportedly desperate to avoid seeing allies in both Damascus and Baghdad fall

By Brian Murphy and Qassim Abdul-Zahra

The Times of Israel

The one-stop news site
covering Israel, the region and
the Jewish people worldwide

Founding editor:
David Horovitz

Fair, fresh and fast

The Jewish world's
fastest-growing
news site

Writer: Qassim Abdul-Zahra

Syrian, Iraqi jihadi groups said to be cooperating

Border area ‘is a nest of terrorist cells’ carved out by al-Qaeda in Iraq and its affiliates, Iraqi government spokesman says

48 Syrian soldiers killed in al-Qaeda ambush in Iraq

Presence of troops across the border raises fears that Syrian civil war could further spread across the region

Iraqi PM warns Syrian rebel victory will bring chaos

Maliki says if opposition wins, ‘there will be a civil war in Lebanon, divisions in Jordan and a sectarian war in Iraq’

Iraqi Shiites fear for their Syrian brethren

Militant source says hundreds of Iraqi fighters have crossed into Syria to protect Shiite shrines

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

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

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

US moves to extradite Hezbollah prisoner from Iraq

Lebanese-born Ali Mussa Daqduq, accused of masterminding a 2007 attack that killed 5 US soldiers, is being held under house arrest in Baghdad’s heavily-fortified Green Zone

Annan visits Iran, Iraq to enlist support for Syria peace plan

UN envoy hopes to end 16 months of bloodshed that has killed 17,000

Iran rallies to aid of Iraq’s embattled leader

Tehran is ‘actively and aggressively trying to keep al-Maliki in power,’ reportedly desperate to avoid seeing allies in both Damascus and Baghdad fall

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