Iraq

Iraq’s top Shiite cleric urges peaceful transition

Iraq’s top Shiite cleric urges peaceful transition

Washington Examiner · August 1, 2014 12:35 pm

Since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the U.S. and its allies have made great strides to stem the flow of money to terrorist organizations. And their enemies have responded by diversifying their portfolios.ÃÂ (iStock Image)

Beltway Confidential

As banks crack down, terrorists update their fundraising tactics

Blake Seitz · July 31, 2014 6:40 pm

Supporters listen as Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, center, speaks during a rally to mark Jerusalem Day or Al-Quds Day, in suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, July 25, 2014. Nasrallah said that the "resistance" in Gaza became victorious after the Zionists and all their backers worldwide failed in achieving any of their goals. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Lebanese Hezbollah commander killed in Iraq

Bassem Mroue · July 31, 2014 1:44 pm

Public opinion in the U.S. of Arabs and Muslims has steadily deteriorated over the past five years, with a growing number of Americans saying they now hold an unfavorable opinion of both groups, according to a Zogby poll released this week.ÃÂ (iStock Image)

Beltway Confidential

As turmoil engulfs Middle East, American opinion of Muslims, Arabs slides to five-year low: Survey

Becket Adams · July 31, 2014 1:15 pm

With world and media attention focused on Gaza, Iraq, Syria, and Ukraine, Libya is now collapsing - and it's hardly a surprise. (AP Photo)

Obama’s foreign policy Midas touch disappeared in Libya: Examiner Editorial

Washington Examiner · July 30, 2014 9:00 pm

FILE - In this Dec. 28, 2005 file photo, an Iraqi Airways plane sits on the tarmac at Baghdad International Airport. European and Dubai-based airlines have begun rerouting flights over Iraqi airspace as a security precaution, though Iraq says its skies are safe. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)

Dubai, European airlines divert flights over Iraq

VIVIAN SALAMASAMEER N. YACOUB · July 30, 2014 5:40 pm

In this Tuesday, July 29, 2014 photo, a generator owner inspects his community generator that was destroyed after a bombing in Fallujah, 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. Last month's rapid advance of the Islamic State group, which captured Iraq's second largest city of Mosul, has plunged the country into its worst crisis since the withdrawal of U.S. troops in 2011 with more than a million Iraqis now classified as internally displaced or refugees. (AP Photo)

Iraq offers aid to those displaced by militants

Sameer Yacoub · July 30, 2014 5:23 pm

UN condemns terrorist oil sales from Iraq, Syria

UN condemns terrorist oil sales from Iraq, Syria

Edith Lederer · July 28, 2014 10:40 pm

President RonaldÃÂ Reagan's approach to Iraq was ruthless realpolitik: his administration viewed Saddam Hussein as an essential counterweight to Iranian power and backed the dictator in his bloody eight-year war with Iran.ÃÂ (AP/Bob Dougherty)

Conservatives would do well to resurrect Ronald Reagan’s Middle East policy

Gene Healy · July 28, 2014 9:00 pm

In Iraq’s Mosul, radicals unleash their vision

Vivian Salama · July 28, 2014 6:50 pm

Iraqis visit the grave of a relative on the first day of Eid al-Fitr in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, July 28, 2014. Monday marked the beginning of the three-day Eid al-Fitr holiday, which caps the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. Muslims usually start the day by visiting cemeteries, to pay their respects to the dead, and then exchange family visits. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Iraq police find 17 bodies, some bound, in Baghdad

Sinan Salaheddin · July 28, 2014 3:55 pm

A member of the Keferna family cries upon his return to the family house, which was destroyed by Israeli strikes in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, July 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Is Obama To Blame for the World’s Crises?

Steve Chapman · July 28, 2014 2:36 pm