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US signals readiness to strike Syria if ordered

AP: U.S. military forces stand ready to strike Syria at once if President Barack Obama gives the order, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel ...

US threatens Syria over ‘obscene’ chemical strike

AFP: Washington warned Syria it would face action over the "moral obscenity" of a gruesome chemical weapons attack, as UN inspectors braved...

UN to begin syria probe as U.S. alleges chemical weapons use

Bloomberg: The United Nations will begin investigating allegations of chemical arms use in Syria “within hours,” after the U.S. concluded President Bashar ...

Iraq denies halting services to Iranian exile camp

AP: An Iranian dissident group has accused the Iraqi authorities of cutting off water and electricity to a contested northern camp used by...

Iran arms to Syria down but not over: Iraq FM

AFP: Iran has reduced flights of arms to Syria but Iraq cannot stop them completely and should not be treated as a "whipping...

Other crises overshadow growing violence in Iraq

AP: At Thursday's meeting between Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iraqi counterpart, Hoshyar Zebari, one of the main topics was flights...

Kerry warns of Iraq destabilization by extremists

AFP: US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Thursday that Iraq risked destabilization from Sunni and Shiite extremists as civil war flares in...

Arrests for Baghdad anti-govt demo, protection for pro-Iran demo

Niqash.org: Activists who put on an anti-governemt demonstration in Baghdad last Friday say they were treated unfairly and harassed by security forces ...

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