Yahoo! News: Iraq

Hillary Clinton: defenders push back against Karl Rove on her health
Officials say attacks across Iraq kill 14
Officials say bombings in Iraq kill 11
Syria air defense head killed, rebels take northern town
Officials say bombings in Iraq's capital kill 5
Rebels capture village in northwest Syria
Ukraine crisis will be 'game changer' for NATO
Street by street, Assad extends grip in central Syria
How Harry Reid Carpet-Bombed the South

Hillary Clinton: defenders push back against Karl Rove on her health

Posted: 18 May 2014 12:58 PM PDT

But we know who they are today: Karl Rove vs. Hillary Clinton. Rove today is the major GOP surrogate for the Republican Party attack on the politically formidable former first lady, US Senator, and Secretary of State. Clinton may well decide not to run. She's known the pain of losing, as she did to Barack Obama in 2008 – not just the end result, but the way-too-long and bruising gantlet of party primaries and caucuses.

Officials say attacks across Iraq kill 14

Posted: 18 May 2014 11:03 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — A series of attacks in Iraq, mainly bombings targeting markets and commercial streets, killed 14 people Sunday, officials said.

Officials say bombings in Iraq kill 11

Posted: 18 May 2014 09:21 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — A series of bombings in Iraq, mainly at markets and commercial streets, killed 11 people Sunday, officials said.

Syria air defense head killed, rebels take northern town

Posted: 18 May 2014 09:03 AM PDT

Syria's air defense chief was killed during an offensive by President Bashar al-Assad's forces against rebels east of Damascus, Islamist rebels and a monitoring group said. They said General Hussein Ishaq died on Sunday from wounds suffered on Saturday during the assault by Assad's forces on the town of Mleiha which appears aimed at expanding the president's control around the capital before a June 3 election. The air defense forces which have a large base in Mleiha and are responsible for defending against air attacks, have played little part in the war with rebels who have no air power. "We announce good news to the Islamic nation, of the killing of one of the leaders of unbelief, General Hussein Yaqoub Ishaq, head of the Air Defense Administration in Mleiha," the Islamic Front said in a statement.

Officials say bombings in Iraq's capital kill 5

Posted: 18 May 2014 06:54 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Authorities in Iraq say two bombings at a market and on a commercial street have killed five people in the capital, Baghdad.

Rebels capture village in northwest Syria

Posted: 18 May 2014 04:19 AM PDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels captured a village in northwestern Syria on Sunday, killing more than a dozen government troops in heavy clashes and prompting the military to carry out airstrikes to try to dislodge the fighters, activists said.

Ukraine crisis will be 'game changer' for NATO

Posted: 18 May 2014 12:13 AM PDT

With eastern European states nervous about Russia after it annexed Ukraine's Crimea region and massed 40,000 troops on Ukraine's borders, the United States and NATO allies want to show Moscow that former Soviet republics on the Baltic are under the alliance's security umbrella. In an initial response to Russia's intervention in Ukraine, The United States has sent 600 soldiers to the three Baltic countries - Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - and Poland to take part in exercises to bolster NATO's presence in eastern Europe.

Street by street, Assad extends grip in central Syria

Posted: 18 May 2014 12:05 AM PDT

By Dominic Evans and Mariam Karouny BEIRUT (Reuters) - From his base in Damascus, Bashar al-Assad can contemplate a broad sweep of Syria clawed back from rebels who once threatened to drive him out. Powerful foreign allies have helped Assad hold or retake a chain of cities which form the north-south backbone of the country, keep his grip on the Mediterranean coast to the west and restore control over the Lebanese border. The culmination of that slow, grinding military turnaround came last week with the final withdrawal of rebel fighters from Homs city, a month before the presidential election in which Assad faces no serious challenge. One of the two candidates officially approved to run against Assad said the overwhelming majority of Syrians would be able to vote, downplaying the fighting that still kills around 200 people a day and the almost three million who have fled.