BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Among the Iranian pilgrims, foreign executives and tourists in the departure lounge at Baghdad airport, a group of young Iraqis prepare to wage religious war in Syria - not for the rebels trying to topple President Bashar al-Assad but against them.Full story
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - A suicide bomber blew himself up as he embraced a Sunni Muslim political leader in northern Iraq on Wednesday, killing the man and four of his family a day before elections in the area. Full story
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday recommended bringing Iraq one step closer to ending all U.N. sanctions imposed on Baghdad more than two decades ago after former leader Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait In 1990. Full story
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In part III of this week's "Office Politics," New Yorker staff writer George Packer sits down with MSNBC’s Alex Witt. His book, "The Assasins’ Gate: America in Iraq," looks at America’s descent into war where he reveals why he believes America invaded Iraq. George discusses the Syrian Civil War and
Fighters from Iraq's Islamist Shi'ite militias celebrate before departing to Syria from Baghdad, June 11, 2013. Syria is splintering the Middle East along a divide between the two main denominations of Islam, becoming a battlefield in a proxy war between Assad's main regional ally, Shi'ite Iran, and
Fighters from Iraq's Islamist Shi'ite militias pose for pictures before departing to Syria from Baghdad, June 11, 2013. Syria is splintering the Middle East along a divide between the two main denominations of Islam, becoming a battlefield in a proxy war between Assad's main regional ally, Shi'ite I
Fighters from Iraq's Islamist Shi'ite militias celebrate before departing to Syria from Baghdad, June 11, 2013. Syria is splintering the Middle East along a divide between the two main denominations of Islam, becoming a battlefield in a proxy war between Assad's main regional ally, Shi'ite Iran, and
A British and Danish soldier inspect a damaged British Snatch Land Rover armoured vehicle after a roadside bomb attack near Basra in southern Iraq, in a September 4, 2006 file photo. The British government warned on Wednesday that future combat operations could become more difficult after a court
