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Haider Al-Abadi (L), and Iraq’s parliament speaker, Salim Al-Jabouri, attend a news conference in Baghdad, Iraq on July 15, 2014. (Reuters/Ahmed Saad)
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Iraqi security forces patrol a street in Baghdad’s commercial district of Karrada on August 11, 2014 as security measures have been reinforced across the capital after Iraq’s prime minister said he would sue the president in a desperate bid to cling to his job. (AFP PHOTO/SABAH ARAR)
Maliki digs in as US pushes for new Iraq government
Baghdad, Reuters—Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki was battling to keep his job on Monday, deploying forces across Baghdad as some parliamentary allies sought a replacement and the United States warned him not to obstruct efforts to form a new government. Widely...Caption:
Iraqi Christians who fled the violence in the village of Qaraqosh rest upon their arrival at the Saint-Joseph church in the Kurdish city of Erbil, in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan region, on August 7, 2014. (AFP Photo/Safin Hamed)
US starts aid airdrops in Iraq but no strikes yet
Baghdad/Washington, Reuters—The United States began to drop relief supplies to beleaguered Yazidi refugees fleeing Islamist militants in Iraq, but there was no immediate sign on Friday of US air strikes to halt the sweeping advance of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria...Caption:
Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki speaks during an interview with Reuters in Baghdad in this January 12, 2014 file photo. (Reuters/Thaier Al-Sudani)
State of Law refuses to back down on Maliki
Baghdad and London, Asharq Al-Awsat—A spokesman for Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki’s State of Law coalition said on Tuesday it was pressing ahead with the nomination of Maliki for a third term as premier, and denied reports that he had demanded immunity from...Caption:
Kurdish soldiers stand guard as Yezidis displaced by fighting protest in front of the gates of the UN office in Erbil, northern Iraq, on August 4, 2014.(EPA/MOHAMMED JALIL)