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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Israel enforces 'red line' with Syria airstrike

Posted: 04 May 2013 03:43 PM PDT

This photo released on the official Facebook page of Syrian President Bashar Assad, shows Syrian president Bashar Assad, right, surrounded by bodyguards as young people, wave at him during the inauguration ceremony on Saturday of a statue dedicated to "martyrs" from Syrian universities who died in the country's two-year-old uprising and civil war, in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, May. 4, 2013. Assad's second public appearance in a week came as Israeli officials confirmed the country's air force carried out a strike against Syria, saying it targeted a shipment of advanced missiles bound for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. (AP Photo)BEIRUT (AP) — With a second airstrike against Syria in four months, Israel enforced its own red line of not allowing game-changing weapons to reach Lebanon's Hezbollah, a heavily armed foe of the Jewish state and an ally of President Bashar Assad's regime, Israeli officials said Saturday.

Iraq PM's coalition emerges as strongest force in local vote

Posted: 04 May 2013 03:02 PM PDT

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks during a joint news conference with Iraqi parliament speaker Osama al-Nujaifi in BaghdadBy Raheem Salman BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's coalition came top in provincial elections two weeks ago, results released on Saturday showed, but failed to win a majority in any district, meaning it will need alliances to hold onto senior provincial posts. Maliki's State of Law won the most seats in seven out of 12 provinces, in a vote that was the biggest test of Iraqi democracy since U.S. troops pulled out in December 2011. ...

Israeli strike in Syria targeted missiles from Iran - report

Posted: 04 May 2013 02:15 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The air strike Israel carried out in Syria targeted a shipment of missiles from Iran bound for Hezbollah in Lebanon, the New York Times reported on Saturday. The newspaper, citing a U.S. official, said the Israeli air force hit a warehouse on Friday at Damascus International Airport that it believed contained Fateh-110 surface-to-surface missiles made in Iran. The Jewish state has long said it is prepared to use force to prevent advanced Syrian weapons from reaching Lebanon's militant Shi'ite Muslim guerrillas. ...

Professor Hannibal Travis: United Nations Reaction Muted to Warning Signs of Genocide in Middle East

Posted: 04 May 2013 12:31 PM PDT

Turkey not a Credible Model for "Arab Spring" CountriesZURICH, May 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Warning signs are present for a genocide of indigenous Christians in the Middle East, stated Professor Hannibal Travis in a speech delivered on Thursday as a part of CSI's lecture series on the Future of Religious Minorities in Middle East. He furthermore argued that the policies of Turkey and its allies obstruct the advance of universal human rights norms in a region still grappling with the genocide of Turkey's Christians during World War I. ...

Iraq PM's group wins largest bloc in several areas

Posted: 04 May 2013 12:19 PM PDT

Sarbast Mustafa, left, chairman of the Independent High Electoral Commission of Iraq, and his colleagues, Katee al-Zobaie, center, Kolshan Kamal, right, attend a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, May 4, 2013. Iraqi electoral officials say a coalition led by Iraq's prime minister has won the largest single bloc of seats in seven of 12 provinces participating in local elections, and tied in eighth, although it failed to achieve a majority in any of the districts. (AP Photo/ Hadi Mizban)BAGHDAD (AP) — A coalition led by Iraq's prime minister has won the largest single bloc of seats in seven of 12 provinces participating in local elections, and tied in an eighth, although it failed to achieve a majority in any of the districts, electoral officials announced Saturday.

Possible presidential front-runners in Iran

Posted: 04 May 2013 09:43 AM PDT

Iran's former nuclear negotiator, Hasan Rohani, a potential front-runner in the presidential race, addresses, in a campaign rally in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, May 2, 2013. One candidate stresses Iran's need to find ways to persuade the world that it can possess nuclear technology without building a bomb. Another thinks Iran's international reputation has taken unwelcome hits from the diatribes of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. More than a few say there's no reason Washington must remain a permanent enemy. While the race to succeed Ahmadinejad still hasn't reached the official starting gate _ formal registration for candidates begins next week _ comments from presumed front-runners for the June 14 ballot offer an overview that suggests less bombast and more measured diplomacy from Iran's highest elected leader. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)The following are potential front-runners in Iran's June 14 presidential elections. The list of candidates will be announced later this month after vetting by Iran's ruling clerics:

Readying new Syria push, US feels out Russia again

Posted: 04 May 2013 08:45 AM PDT

FILE - In this Friday, May 3, 2013, file photo president Barack Obama responds to a question about the ongoing situation in Syria during a news conference in San Jose, Costa Rica. Obama said Friday that he didn't foresee a scenario in which the U.S. would send troops to Syria. Just hours before his news conference Israel launched an airstrike into Syria, apparently targeting a suspected weapons site, U.S. officials said Friday night. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration is trying to leverage new evidence that Syrian President Bashar Assad's government used chemical weapons, and make a fresh diplomatic and possible military push with allies to end the country's civil war.

Israeli strike on Syria targeted weapons shipment

Posted: 04 May 2013 04:24 AM PDT

FILE - In this June 3, 2012 file photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad delivers a speech at the parliament in Damascus, Syria. Israel launched an airstrike into Syria, apparently targeting a suspected weapons site, U.S. officials said Friday night, May 3, 2013. (AP Photo/SANA, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — An Israeli airstrike against Syria was targeting a shipment of advanced missiles believed to be bound for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, Israeli officials confirmed Saturday.

Rights group: Iraqi panel needs help probing raid

Posted: 04 May 2013 04:08 AM PDT

This image released by Human Rights Watch on Saturday, May 4, 2013 shows a vehicle burning after a raid by Iraqi security forces on a Sunni protest camp in a public square that killed scores in Hawija, Iraq on April 23. Human Rights Watch on Saturday urged Iraqi authorities to give a government committee charged with probing a deadly raid by security forces on a protest camp last week greater financial and political backing to investigate who is responsible for what it described as an apparently unlawful use of lethal force.(AP Photo/Human Rights Watch)BAGHDAD (AP) — Human Rights Watch on Saturday urged Iraqi authorities to give more financial and political backing to a government panel probing a deadly raid by security forces at a protest camp last week to find out who is responsible for what it alleged was an unlawful use of lethal force.

Obama doesn't foresee US ground troops in Syria

Posted: 03 May 2013 05:51 PM PDT

President Barack Obama and Costa Rica President Laura Chinchilla speak during their news conference at the National Center for Art and Culture in San Jose, Costa Rica, Friday, May 3, 2013. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — President Barack Obama said Friday he doesn't foresee any circumstance requiring the U.S. to send ground troops into Syria, even as Washington pursues more evidence about the regime's purported use of chemical weapons.

Obama says does not foresee sending U.S. troops to Syria

Posted: 03 May 2013 05:28 PM PDT

U.S. President Obama speaks during a joint news conference with Costa Rica's President Chinchilla after their meeting at Casa Amarilla in San JoseBy Mark Felsenthal and Steve Holland SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Friday he does not foresee a scenario in which he would send U.S. ground troops to Syria and outlined a deliberate approach to determining whether the Syrian government had used chemical weapons in a 2-year civil war. Obama insisted that the United States has not ruled out any options in dealing with Syria as the United States investigates whether the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad used chemical weapons. ...

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