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Can Syria avoid becoming another Libya or Iraq? A week after Assad’s fall, here are 3 possible futures

YoopyaDec 18, 2024December 18, 20240

After the fall of the Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria, the world was moved by emotional scenes of liberation — families reuniting after years of

Biden says US will not walk away from Middle East

YoopyaJul 16, 2022April 6, 20230

President Joe Biden, speaking at a summit of Arab leaders, said Saturday that the United States will not walk away from the Middle East as

Pope urges Iraq to embrace its Christians on historic visit

YoopyaMar 5, 2021June 30, 20230

Pope Francis opened the first-ever papal visit to Iraq on Friday with a plea for the country to protect its centuries-old diversity, urging Muslims to

Intense preparations before pontiff meets Iraqi ayatollah

YoopyaMar 3, 2021June 22, 20230

In Iraq’s holiest city, a pontiff will meet a revered ayatollah and make history with a message of coexistence in a place plagued by bitter

Iraq offers itself as a mediator between Saudi Arabia, Iran

YoopyaJan 6, 2016June 11, 20230

Iraq on Wednesday offered to act as a mediator to ease tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran that escalated after the kingdom’s execution of a

Failed Iraqi bomber at center of international hostage drama

YoopyaJan 29, 2015July 3, 20230

BEIRUT (AP) — In the moments after her husband blew himself up in the ballroom of a Jordanian hotel as part of an al-Qaida plot,

Iraq troops close in on Baiji refinery, Dempsey in Baghdad

YoopyaNov 15, 2014July 25, 20230

(Reuters) – Iraqi security forces appeared close on Saturday to retaking the country’s biggest refinery which was besieged by Islamic State militants hours after the

Iraqi officials say IS leader wounded in airstrike

YoopyaNov 10, 2014July 12, 20230

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi officials said Sunday that the head of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was wounded in an airstrike in western

More than 600 US troops complained of chemical agent exposure in Iraq

YoopyaNov 7, 2014July 15, 20230

Pentagon acknowledges hundreds of American service members alerted military medical staff they had been exposed to chemical weapons while serving in Iraq. More than 600

U.S. opens channels with Iran over ISIS

YoopyaNov 7, 2014July 15, 20230

Washington (CNN) — President Barack Obama’s administration is trying to open channels of communication with Iran regarding the war on ISIS. Amid revelations that Obama