One week after the UAE’s formation on December 2, 1971, the new nation stepped on to the global stage. At noon on December 9, ...

New U.N. Envoy to Syria Offends Both Sides Lakhdar Brahimi, the veteran Algerian diplomat, may have started on the wrong foot in his newly appointed role as the special Syria peace envoy for the ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- A former foreign minister tipped as a possible compromise to head Iraq's interim government blamed the United States on Wednesday for Iraq's persistent lawlessness and the ...

BAGHDAD - Billed as a key test of Iraq's nascent democracy, Iraqis fear today's parliamentary election will lead to a protracted period of uncertainty as the winners and losers try to cobble together ...

Some analysts argue that as many as four different conflicts are underway in Iraq, and that only one or two directly involve U.S. forces. Amid... How Much Does The U.S. Still Matter in Iraq? Some ...

Speaking to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee on Sunday evening, Secretary Powell vowed, “once they are liberated, we will work with the Iraqi people to help them create a country that is ...

To foreign eyes, it seems insensitive — even criminally negligent–of Iraq’s parliamentarians to take a four-week vacation while their country struggles with monstrous problems and their countrymen ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Efforts to form a unity government suffered a new setback Sunday when Iraqi leaders postponed a parliament session after failing to agree on a prime minister. Bombs targeted Shiites ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq — The acting parliament speaker said Wednesday he will convene the legislature next week to push the formation of a new government that is stalled over who will be prime minister. Car ...

Adnan Pachachi, the senior politician who administered the oath in the absence of a speaker, spoke of a country in crisis. "We have to prove to the world that a civil war is not and will not take ...