Nouri Maliki

Bombings in Iraq leave at least 70 dead

2013-05-17 13:18:00

BAGHDAD — Bombings in Iraq near a Sunni Muslim mosque, a busy shopping street and a funeral procession left at least 70 people dead Friday as the security situation continued to show signs of unraveling. The explosions brought the week’s...

Sword of division is poised over Iraq

2013-05-10 16:46:00

BAGHDAD — Less than a year and a half after the last U.S. troops left, Iraq's political leaders are openly debating the prospect of two dangerous paths for their country: de facto division or civil war. Perhaps both. Tension between the Shiite...

Iraqi inquiries find excessive force in Sunni protest camp raid

2013-05-02 18:03:00

BAGHDAD — Iraqi security used disproportionate force, including shooting unarmed civilians, during a raid on an encampment of Sunni Arab protesters last week that left 45 people dead, according to two government investigations and foreign diplomats....

4 Iraqi soldiers killed at Sunni checkpoint

2013-04-27 18:28:00

BAGHDAD — Four Iraqi soldiers were shot dead Saturday, the day after Sunni Arab tribes in the restive western province of Anbar announced that they had formed their own army to defend themselves against the Shiite-dominated Iraqi government. The...

Gunmen overtake town as clashes continue in Iraq

2013-04-25 10:22:00

Gunmen reportedly overtook a town north of Baghdad as battles continued to rage Thursday between Iraqi government forces and Sunni fighters. The violence began Tuesday after security forces stormed a Sunni Muslim protest encampment in Hawija, spurring...

Iraq fighting leaves at least 41 more people dead

2013-04-25 14:45:00

BEIRUT — At least 41 people died Thursday on the third straight day of pitched fighting between Iraqi security forces and Sunni Arabs, as Prime Minister Nouri Maliki warned the country was in crisis. The national police battled back Sunni fighters...

Clashes continue in Iraq; at least 17 more die

2013-04-24 16:32:00

BEIRUT -- Battles between Iraqi government forces and Sunni fighters left at least 17 people dead Wednesday as sectarian tensions showed little sign of abating and threatened an insurrection in Sunni provinces. Dozens of people were reportedly killed...

Iraq violence sparks fears of a Sunni revolt

2013-04-23 19:33:00

BEIRUT — Security forces for the Shiite-led Iraqi government raided a Sunni protest camp in northern Iraq on Tuesday, igniting violence around the country that left at least 36 people dead. The unrest led two Sunni officials to resign from the...

Iraqis vote in provincial elections amidst angst, ire

2013-04-20 11:10:00

BEIRUT — After a week of violence, Iraq held its first provincial elections Saturday since the departure of U.S. troops last year. Results are not expected for several days, but the conditions under which the vote was held showed that little has...

Bombings in Iraq kill more than 30 people

2013-04-15 11:47:00

BEIRUT -- A string of bombings in Iraq claimed the lives of more than 30 people Monday in the run-up to provincial elections scheduled for this weekend. The attacks, which left dozens wounded, took place around the country, including in Baghdad; the...

Letters: The tragedy of the Iraq war

2013-04-02 00:00:00

Re "Iran appears the victor in postwar Iraq," March 29 In 1991, the first President Bush, a decorated World War II combat veteran, was content to simply drive Saddam Hussein's forces out of Kuwait. Iraq was left militarily capable of opposing its...

Ten years after Iraq war began, Iran reaps the gains

2013-03-28 18:42:00

BAGHDAD — Ten years after the U.S.-led invasion to oust Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, the geopolitical winner of the war appears to be their common enemy: Iran. American military forces are long gone, and Iraqi officials say Washington's...

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (R) meets with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Sunday in Baghdad, and urged him to make sure Iranian flights over Iraq do not carry arms and fighters to Syria.

2013-03-28 11:44:00

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry after meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki, left, in Baghdad on Sunday.

2013-03-24 00:00:00

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, right, in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 24, 2013. Kerry made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Sunday and will urge al-Maliki to make sure Iranian flights over Iraq do not carry arms and fighters to Syria, a U.

2013-03-24 00:00:00