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Iraq’s uprising an open crisis with no known path forward
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Iraq’s uprising an open crisis with no known path forward

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq has been plunged into a new cycle of instability that potentially could be the most dangerous…
Iraq weighs captives’ rights against fear of new Islamic State
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Iraq weighs captives’ rights against fear of new Islamic State

AL-HOL CAMP, Syria (Reuters) – Iraqi farmer Shaker Salih says he feared Islamic State, but feared its defeat even more.…
Sunni force pleads for Iraqi government help as Mosul fight looms
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Sunni force pleads for Iraqi government help as Mosul fight looms

Abu Mahmoud, part of a 2,500-man predominantly Sunni Arab force pulled together to launch an offensive against Islamic State in…
Acting ambassador: Iran does not intend to assault other countries
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Acting ambassador: Iran does not intend to assault other countries

Iran does not intend to assault any other country, acting Iranian ambassador to Cairo, Mohamed Mahmoudian, has told Al-Masry Al-Youm.…
Saudi UN envoy demands condemnation of embassy attacks in Iran
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Saudi UN envoy demands condemnation of embassy attacks in Iran

Saudi Arabia’s envoy to the United Nations called upon the UN Security Council on Tuesday to condemn mob attacks on…
Two Sunni mosques bombed, muezzin killed in Iraq
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Two Sunni mosques bombed, muezzin killed in Iraq

Blasts rocked two Sunni mosques in central Iraq Monday, amid fears of renewed sectarian strife following Saudi Arabia's execution of…
Saudi severs ties with Iran after embassy attacked
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Saudi severs ties with Iran after embassy attacked

Saudi Arabia broke off diplomatic ties with Iran after protesters ransacked its embassy in Tehran to protest at the execution…
Maliki says Abadi’s appointment as Iraqi PM ‘has no value’
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Maliki says Abadi’s appointment as Iraqi PM ‘has no value’

Nouri al-Maliki said on Wednesday the appointment of Haider al-Abadi to replace him as Iraq's prime minister violated the constitution…
Suicide bomber kills 12 at crowded Iraq checkpoint
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Suicide bomber kills 12 at crowded Iraq checkpoint

A suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle at a crowded checkpoint south of Baghdad on Sunday, killing 12 people and…
Bomb attacks kill 52 in Iraq
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Bomb attacks kill 52 in Iraq

Bomb attacks hit the Iraqi capital Baghdad and a village near the northern town of Baquba on Wednesday, killing at…
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