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Iraqi leader freezes assault on militias

CNN: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Friday ordered his security forces to stop raids on suspected Shiite militia members to "give time to...

Iranian who brokered Iraqi peace is on U.S. terrorist watch list

McClatchy Newspapers: The Iranian general who helped broker an end to nearly a week of fighting between Iraqi government forces and Shiite Muslim militiamen...

Observers interpret Iraq cease-fire, Iran’s role

CNN: The deal to end the weeklong fighting in Iraq's Shiite regions appeared to be holding Monday, but left lingering questions about Iran's growing...

Iraqi troops find cache of Iranian-made rockets south of Baghdad

AP: Iraqi soldiers uncovered a cache of Iranian-made rockets and armor-piercing roadside bombs Saturday in an apartment building occupied by Shiite militia members south...

Gordon Brown accused by US adviser over ‘hasty troop withdrawal’ in Basra

Sunday Telegraph: British forces became embroiled in the fight to wrest control of Basra from Iranian-backed militias yesterday, as a senior US military adviser...

Moqtada al-Sadr in seminary in Iran’s Qom

Sunday Telegraph: Be it fighting the occupation, sectarian bloodletting, or internecine squabbling with his fellow Shia, the fiery cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has waged war...

Shiite leader Al-Sadr defies Iraq gov’t

AP: Anti-American Shiite militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his followers Saturday to defy government orders to surrender their weapons, as U.S. jets struck Shiite...

US installs interim commander in Afghanistan, Iraq

AFP: US Admiral William Fallon was replaced Friday as head of US military operations in the Middle East and Central Asia, a post he...

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Renewed Protests Erupt in Iran

In recent days, Iran has witnessed fundamental changes in the nature of popular protests. The movement has evolved from...

Rising Crime and Social Breakdown After 47 Years of Clerical Rule in Iran

While Iran's regime has spent much of its resources and capabilities over more than four decades suppressing opponents, silencing...

Seventy-Eight Nobel Laureates Urge UN Action Amid Rising Executions in Iran

A coalition of 78 Nobel Prize laureates has issued a joint appeal to United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, calling...

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