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SYRIA SIGNS UP TO PARIS CLIMATE DEAL, ISOLATING TRUMP
It is a move that would leave the US completely isolated when it comes to the question of climate change. At UN talks in Germany, Syria... READ MORE›
COALITION AIRSTRIKES DECLINE AS LOSSES GRIP ISIS
Coalition airstrikes decline by more than 50 percent as ISIS crumbles in Iraq, Syria... READ MORE›
BAGHDAD COURT RULES SECESSION ATTEMPT UNCONSTITUTIONAL
The court is responsible for settling disputes between the central government in Baghdad and the country's regions and provinces, including northern Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region... READ MORE›
WHAT WASHINGTON SHOULD DO ABOUT THE SAUDI POWER PLAY
MbS is Saudi Arabia's most aggressive anti-Iran player in memory... READ MORE›
TRUMP PRAISES SAUDI RULERS AFTER MASS ARRESTS FOR CORRUPTION
Trump's first trip abroad as president was to Saudi Arabia where King Salman gave him a remarkably warm greeting... READ MORE›
HEY, OIL! CATCH ANY NEWS ABOUT SAUDI ARABIA THIS WEEKEND?
Unfazed Oil prices barely budged after a fractious weekend in the Middle East Source Bloomberg Note Intraday pricing in New York... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | IRAN'S TOP DIPLOMAT SAYS THE U.S.-SAUDI RELATIONSHIP IS 'HAZARDOUS TO REGIONAL HEALTH'
The latest showdown between Iran and Saudi Arabia has kicked up a tweetstorm by Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif... READ MORE›
SAUDI-LED COALITION FIGHTING IN YEMEN HINTS AT ACT OF WAR BY IRAN
He also pointed to Saudi Arabia's deals with Washington and London for arms being used in Yemen... READ MORE›
SAUDI-LED FORCES CLOSE AIR, SEA AND LAND ACCESS TO YEMEN
It was brought down near Riyadh airport without causing any casualties... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP BLAMES IRAN AFTER SAUDI ARABIA INTERCEPTS BALLISTIC MISSILE FIRED AT CAPITAL BY YEMEN REBELS
Saudi Arabia says it has intercepted a ballistic missile fired over capital Riyadh by rebels from Yemen, an attack Donald Trump immediately blamed on Iran... READ MORE›
SAUDI-LED COALITION WARNS IRAN OVER YEMEN MISSILE LAUNCH
In a statement, the coalition accused Iran of supplying Yemen's Houthi rebels and their allies with the missile launched Saturday toward the Saudi capital's international airport... READ MORE›
GORDON BROWN SAYS PENTAGON MISLED UK OVER CASE FOR IRAQ INVASION
Brown's intervention will reopen the debate about Britain's decision to join the US-led invasion of Iraq... READ MORE›
IRAQ TWIN SUICIDE ATTACKS KILL AT LEAST FIVE IN KIRKUK
The attack was the first of its kind since the Iraqi central government regained control of the multi-ethnic city last month from Kurdish Peshmerga forces... READ MORE›
LEBANON'S PM QUITS OVER IRAN TENSIONS AND CONCERN FOR HIS SAFETY
Saad Hariri quits in speech televised from Saudi Arabia, citing Iranian influence in region and saying he fears assassination... READ MORE›
WHAT WILL HAPPEN IN SYRIA FOLLOWING IS DEFEATS?
Earlier this week IS's last urban bastion in eastern Syria, Deir al-Zour, hard up against the Iraqi border, fell to Assad government forces... READ MORE›
ISIL LOSES AL-QAIM IN IRAQ AND DEIR AZ ZOR IN SYRIA
ISIL has lost further ground in Iraq and Syria as the armies of both countries and the Syrian opposition squeeze its forces... READ MORE›
SYRIAN ARMY RETAKES ONE OF ISIS'S LAST REMAINING URBAN STRONGHOLDS
ISIS's last territorial stronghold in Iraq was the town of Qaim, across the border from the Syrian town of Boukamal... READ MORE›
CAN SYRIA'S KURDS AVOID THEIR IRAQI BRETHREN'S FATE?
Kurdish groups have established autonomous rule since 2011, when Syria's civil war began, and have reiterated their wishes to steer away from the example of northern Iraq... READ MORE›
IRAQ NOT EQUIPPED TO TRY ISLAMIC STATE OVER ATROCITIES IN MOSUL, AGAINST YAZIDIS
Iraq not equipped to try Islamic State over atrocities in Mosul, against Yazidis U.N... READ MORE›
DEFENSE DEPARTMENT: THE WAR ON TERROR HAS COST $250 MILLION A DAY FOR 16 YEARS
A 2011 paper from Harvard Kennedy School professor Linda Bilmes estimated the cost of veterans' benefits as 600 billion to 1 trillion over the next 40 years... READ MORE›
FOR KURDS IN BAGHDAD, THE FAILED KURDISH INDEPENDENCE BID PROVOKES AN IDENTITY CRISIS
Akd al-Akrad, or Quarter of the Kurds, is a neighborhood in central Baghdad where about 200 Kurdish families have lived for generations... READ MORE›
'WHY WOULD WASHINGTON PUNISH US?' RESIGNING IRAQI KURDISTAN LEADER ACCUSES US OF BETRAYAL
Prior to the independence referendum, the Kurds fought alongside Iraqi forces in their US-backed campaign against Islamic State terrorists... READ MORE›
IRAQI KURDISH LEADER TO STEP DOWN OVER FALLOUT FROM INDEPENDENCE POLL
Erbil's friends and foes alike had strongly opposed the holding of the referendum, leaving Barzani isolated before it was held and marooned ever since... READ MORE›
KURDISH LEADER MASOUD BARZANI WILL NOT EXTEND TERM
Barzani's legacy The president only recently re-activated parliament to vote through the controversial September 25 referendum on secession, which Barzani wanted to be his legacy... READ MORE›
IRAQI KURDISTAN LEADER BARZANI WILL HAND OVER PRESIDENTIAL POWERS AT END OF TERM ON WEDNESDAY
Iraqi Kurdistan's veteran leader Massoud Barzani will not extend his presidential term beyond Nov. 1, a Kurdish government official said on Saturday. His d... READ MORE›
WITH JIHADISTS ON THE WAY OUT, POWER STRUGGLES POSE NEW THREAT TO IRAQ
Iraqi forces are currently present along the contested borders of Kurdistan, a region that voted for independence from Baghdad last month... READ MORE›
WITH JIHADISTS ON THE WAY OUT, POWER STRUGGLES POSE NEW THREAT TO IRAQ
Iraqi forces are currently present along the contested borders of Kurdistan, a region that voted for independence from Baghdad last month... READ MORE›
IRAQI KURDISTAN LEADER BARZANI WILL HAND OVER PRESIDENTIAL POWERS ON NOVEMBER 1
Iraqi Kurdistan's veteran leader Masoud Barzani will not extend his presidential term beyond Nov. 1, a Kurdish government official said on Saturday... READ MORE›
CANADA SUSPENDS SPECIAL FORCES TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE MISSION IN IRAQ
Fighting broke out between Iraqi and Kurdish forces on Oct. 16, after Iraqi forces seized the northern oil city of Kirkuk... READ MORE›
US CALLS FOR DIALOGUE IN IRAQI-KURDISH DISPUTE
Iraqi and Kurdish forces must focus on dialogue and reducing internal tensions in order to combat a larger enemy, according to the US-led coalition fighting ISIL... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Baqubah
'PEOPLE SHARING STORIES IS THE BIGGEST COMFORT'
A massive bomb attack in a busy area of the Somali capital Mogadishu has killed at least 30 people, police say... READ MORE›
ISIS FACING COLLAPSE IN SYRIA'S RAQQA
Omar Alloush, a local Raqqa official, told The Associated Press on Friday that about 100 ISIS militants surrendered at once... READ MORE›
A NEW BATTLE IN IRAQ GIVES IRAN THE UPPER HAND
This is the result of disobedience of Masoud Barzani, the Iraqi fighter who was filming said, referring to the leader of Iraqi Kurdistan... READ MORE›
RUSSIA EMERGING AS NEW PLAYER IN MIDDLE EAST BALANCE OF POWER
The Russian defense minister's trip to Israel is a nod to Israeli security concerns... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES LAUNCH 'MAJOR' KIRKUK OPERATION
Al Jazeera's Charles Stratford, reporting from Erbil, said Kurdish forces in and around Kirkuk have vowed to defend it to the last man ... READ MORE›
KURDS ON HIGH ALERT AS IRAQI FORCES MASS NEAR KIRKUK
Baghdad continues to reject decades-old Kurdish ambitions to incorporate Kirkuk and other historically Kurdish-majority areas in their autonomous region... READ MORE›
BAGHDAD TO PAY HEAVY PRICE FOR DECLARING WAR
Kurdish forces call Iraqi forces' campaign in Kirkuk 'a declaration of war', as PM Abadi tells them to cooperate... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES SEIZE OIL CITY KIRKUK FROM KURDS IN BOLD ADVANCE
But an aid organization working in Kirkuk said several Peshmerga and members of the Iraqi forces had been killed in an overnight clash south of Kirkuk... READ MORE›
VOLUNTEERS RESCUE THOUSANDS OF BOOKS FROM MOSUL LIBRARY DESTROYED BY IS
Supplied Ali Al-Baroodi An earlier version of this article referred to the festival's organiser as Ali Al-Baroodi, when in fact it was the blogger Mosul Eye... READ MORE›
BAGHDAD: IRAQI FORCES IN FULL CONTROL OF KIRKUK
Iraqi forces capture governorate building in central Kirkuk with no opposition from Kurdish Peshmerga fighters... READ MORE›
CLASHES AFTER IRAQI FORCES ADVANCE ON KURDISH-HELD SITES
Kirkuk is not part of the autonomous Iraqi Kurdistan region... READ MORE›
THIS IS WHAT VICTORY OVER ISIS LOOKS LIKE
The ousting of Islamic State militants this week from Raqqa was filled with symbolism... READ MORE›
IRAQ FORCES IN FULL CONTROL OF KIRKUK PROVINCE
Iraqi forces have claimed control of all of Kirkuk province after intense fighting against Kurdish Peshmerga forces... READ MORE›
'MOST ROBUST NUCLEAR VERIFICATION REGIME'
World leaders were quick to react to US President Donald Trump's decision to decertify an international deal on Iran's nuclear programme... READ MORE›
IRAQ ARMY SEIZES TOWN NEAR ERBIL AFTER FIERCE CLASHES
Iraqi federal police and counter-terrorism forces, along with Hashd al-Shaabi fighters, have deployed in... READ MORE›
ONLY BRITISH WOMAN FIGHTING ISIS IN SYRIA SAYS SHE CAN NEVER RETURN HOME
Kimmie Taylor sits at the top of an open concrete staircase gazing at the sun as it sets over Isis-held Raqqa city, cigarette between her fingers... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES SEIZE OIL CITY KIRKUK FROM KURDS IN BOLD ADVANCE
But an aid group working in Kirkuk said several Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and Iraqi soldiers had been killed in an overnight clash south of the city... READ MORE›
HAIDER AL-ABADI TAKES A VICTORY LAP IN TEHRAN
Flush with victory after retaking Peshmerga-held areas, Iraqi PM could consider an Iranian model of Kurdish autonomy... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES SEIZE OIL CITY KIRKUK FROM KURDS IN BOLD ADVANCE
But an aid group working in Kirkuk said several Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and Iraqi soldiers had been killed in an overnight clash south of the city... READ MORE›
SYRIAN CIVIL WAR FAST FACTS
In response to continuing protests, the Syrian government announced several plans to appease citizens... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES MOVE INTO CENTRE OF KIRKUK
Iraqi government forces enter disputed city of Kirkuk, residents say, weeks after Kurdish independence referendum... READ MORE›
ISIL CAPITALISES ON PESHMERGA RETREAT IN NORTHERN IRAQ
Iraqi forces also said on Tuesday they seized the Yazidi Kurdish town of Sinjar from the Peshmerga... READ MORE›
IRAQ ACCUSES KURDS OF 'DECLARATION OF WAR' IN KIRKUK
Vahal Ali, a media assistant to Kurdistan Regional Government KRG President Masoud Barzani, denied that any PKK forces were present in Kirkuk... READ MORE›
IRAQI KURDS PROPOSE TO FREEZE REFERENDUM RESULTS
People in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq voted to secede on September 25 in a referendum, amid rising tensions and international opposition... READ MORE›
TURKISH OFFICIAL REBUFFS CALL FOR IDLIB TROOP PULLOUT
Syrian call made to save Damascus's face in public, senior MP says, adding Russia and Turkey are cooperating in Idlib... READ MORE›
KIRKUK OFFENSIVE: THOUSANDS FLEE AS IRAQI ARMY ADVANCES
Thousands of people are leaving the Iraqi city of Kirkuk as the Iraqi army advances on Kurdish military positions around the city... READ MORE›
IRAQ'S MILITARY DECLARES MISSION ACCOMPLISHED IN KIRKUK
Meanwhile, Iraqi Oil Minister Jabbar al-Luaybi called on British energy giant BP on Wednesday to help develop fields in the northern province... READ MORE›
ISIL FACES IMMINENT RAQQA DEFEAT, SYRIA'S YPG SAYS
Daesh Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant is on the verge of being finished... READ MORE›
US MILITARY RUSHES TO DEFUSE LOOMING CRISIS IN KIRKUK AFTER IRAQI ARMY ADVANCES
Iraqi forces claim rapid progress in operation to 'impose security' on kirkuk... READ MORE›
TILLERSON TELLS IRANIAN MILITIAS IN IRAQ TO 'GO HOME'
Tillerson said they have no business being on the battlefield now that the Islamic State has been routed... READ MORE›