AMERLI, Iraq, Sept 02, 2014 (AFP) - Amnesty International on Tuesday accused Islamic State fighters of "systematic ethnic cleansing" in northern Iraq, as Iraqi troops, Kurdish fighters and Shiite militiamen backed by US air strikes fought back against the jihadists.
The Obama administration is mulling possible discussions with Iran over the mounting security crisis in Iraq, a senior official said on Sunday, in what would mark a major step in U.S. engagement with its longtime adversary.
Kurdish regional administration PM Nechirvan Barzani said the energy deals they signed with Turkey are the start of a new Iraq and there is no need for fear.
Tehran, YJC. The construction of a pipeline that will carry natural gas from Iran to Iraq will be completed by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21, 2013), says an official.
Tehran, YJC. Ali Shamkhani, Secretary of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council said on Wednesday that economic cooperation is regarded as the most prominent priority in relations between Iran and Iraq.
Iraqis on Wednesday vote in the first parliamentary election since US troops left in 2011, and as the country experiences a protracted surge in violence.
Tehran , YJC. -- Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said on Monday that Tehran rejected Washington's request for help in fighting the ISIL (also known as IS or ISIS) in Iraq.
TEHRAN, YJC .-- Haron Monis, a 49-year-old man who was gunned down after taking dozens of people hostage in a cafe in Sydney for 16 hours, had expressed his allegiance to Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) Leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi in a public statement on November 18 Fars news agency reported.
LONDON, Oct 03, 2014 (AFP) - British Prime Minister David Cameron confirmed the "brutal murder" of aid worker Alan Henning by the Islamic State group Friday and vowed to bring his killers to justice.
