Iraq's prime minister is pushing the idea that the US departure is in sight in a bid to sell the security deal with Washington to Iran.
To reinforce the message, the Iraqis are asking for changes to the deal that would effectively rule out (...)
The deadly US raid into Syria may complicate efforts to win approval for a new US-Iraqi security deal by drawing attention to a fact many Iraqis detest – that they can't control everything American forces might do.
Syrian officials say US troops (...)
The US troop surge did what it aimed: Calm Iraq down. But now, an increasing number of US officials are worried that the hard-won drop in violence may be only temporary.
The fear: that Iraq may squander this period of relative calm, failing to (...)
THE United States is now winning the war that two years ago seemed lost.
Limited, sometimes sharp fighting and periodic bombings in Iraq are likely to continue, possibly for years. But the Iraqi government and the US now are able to shift focus (...)
IGNS are emerging that Iraq has reached a turning point. Violence is down, armed extremists are in disarray, government confidence is rising and sectarian communities are gearing up for a battle at the polls rather than slaughter in the (...)
DIFFERENCES have emerged between the US and Iraq on how to deal with influential Shiite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr, with the Americans appearing more willing than the Shiite-led government to concede a legitimate political role to the strident anti-US (...)
