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iraqi protests bring baghdad to the tipping point

Sadr, meanwhile, his Sairoun bloc will withdraw into opposition although, in Iraqi context, it's not clear what being opposition means since Iraqi system is, in effect, in. ... What is occurring now is less evidence that democracy does not work and more sign that Iran is and even..

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dead end: inside the two-hour delta force raid that killed isis leader

The raid was launched out of Erbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan, on Saturday evening, with U.S forces inserting under fire via helicopter into Barisha, Syria's Idlib province close to Turkish border.. ..

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us official: isis leader believed dead in us military assault

The intelligence source on the militant leader's whereabouts could not be immediately confirmed, but both Iraqi and Kurdish officials claimed a role. ... A senior Iraqi security official told The Associated Press that Iraqi intelligence played a part in the operation. ..

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