U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Saturday discussed increasing cooperation in the ongoing fight against resurgent al-Qaida militants in the Arab nation.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday spoke with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on the phone, underscoring American support for and assistance to Iraq in its fight against an al-Qaida-linked group.
At least 10 policemen were killed and five others wounded in three violent attacks in Iraq on Tuesday, police said.
Al-Qaida-linked militants have left Fallujah in Iraq's western Anbar province and the city is fully in the hands of Sunni tribesmen now, a local councilman said on Monday.
Iran is ready to provide military aid to the Iraqi army to help it in the fight against al-Qaida affiliated groups if the Arab country asks for Tehran's help, the deputy chairman of Iran's Joint Chiefs of Staff was quoted as saying by Tehran Times daily on Monday.
The United States on Sunday voiced support for Iraq's ongoing efforts to combat an al-Qaida affiliate as the group has taken control of a big city in the western province of Anbar.
PetroChina Company Limited (PetroChina) announced on Thursday that it had acquired a 25 percent interest in the Technical Service Contract (TSC) for the West Qurna-1 oil field in Iraq.
Twenty five people were killed and up to 45 others wounded in a minibus bomb attack in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala on Thursday, a provincial governor and police said.
Iraqi Prime Minster Nouri al- Maliki warned here on Thursday that terrorism fueled by the civil war in neighboring Syria may come back in his country, as he seeks U.S. arms to combat the rising insurgency.
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday met with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in Washington on the security situation in Iraq.
At least 39 people were killed and 51 others wounded in three bombing attacks in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Sunday, police said.
At least 42 people were killed and 63 wounded in violent attacks in Iraq on Sunday, government sources said.
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Sunday that his country will not be a launch pad for strikes on neighboring Syria and stressed the stance of finding a peaceful solution to the Syrian crisis.
A plane carrying 100 tonnes of UN emergency supplies to assist Syrian refugee children and families arrived Sunday evening in north Iraq, officials of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) told reporters here.
The United Nations' refugee agency on Tuesday called on Syria's neighbors to accept all the Syrians who were forced to flee the bloody conflict in their homeland.
UN agencies have been working swiftly to cope with a sudden massive influx of Syrian refugees into northern Iraq, a UN spokesman said Tuesday.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry warned on Thursday of potential instability in Iraq due to a convergence of persistent violence at home and an ongoing conflict in neighbouring Syria.
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