Yahoo! News: Iraq

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• Obama approves fresh guidelines for U.S. military in Afghanistan
• U.S. plans to arm Iraq's Sunni tribesmen with AK-47s, RPGs, mortars
• Biden announces new aid for Syrian refugees
• Biden, Erdogan seek to find common ground on Syria crisis
• Turkey trains Kurdish peshmerga forces in fight against Islamic State
• Danish man shot and wounded in Saudi capital
• City: Quarter-toting 'Robin Hooders' must back off
• Islamic State kills at least 25 Iraqi tribesmen near Ramadi: officials
• U.S. and Turkey discuss transition away from Assad in Syria
• U.S. welcomes oil deal between Iraqi Kurdistan and Baghdad
• Iraqi forces, Islamic State group battle in Ramadi
• U.S.-led strikes have killed 910 people in Syria: monitor
• Activist group: US-led Syria strikes kill over 900
• Canadian vets plan to join Kurdish fight against Islamic State
• President extends US combat role in Afghanistan: report
• Obama signs order expanding U.S. Afghanistan role: NYT

Obama approves fresh guidelines for U.S. military in Afghanistan Posted: 22 Nov 2014 12:09 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has approved plans giving U.S. military commanders broader authority in helping Afghanistan forces repel Taliban fighters after U.S. and NATO combat operations formally end in December, a senior administration official said. The decision, made in recent weeks, will allow U.S. forces to carry out limited missions against the Taliban seen as necessary to protect Americans and support Afghanistan's security forces. ...

U.S. plans to arm Iraq's Sunni tribesmen with AK-47s, RPGs, mortars Posted: 22 Nov 2014 12:03 PM PST By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States plans to buy arms for Sunni tribesmen in Iraq including AK-47s, rocket-propelled grenades and mortar rounds to help bolster the battle against Islamic State militants in Anbar province, according to a Pentagon document prepared for Congress. The plan to spend $24.1 million represents a small fraction of the larger, $1.6 billion spending request to Congress focusing on training and arming Iraqi and Kurdish forces. ...

Biden announces new aid for Syrian refugees Posted: 22 Nov 2014 11:02 AM PST ISTANBUL (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan emerged from a nearly four-hour meeting Saturday, offering no indication that the U.S. and Turkey had bridged their differences about how to deal with Islamic State fighters or Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Biden, Erdogan seek to find common ground on Syria crisis Posted: 22 Nov 2014 10:58 AM PST US Vice President Joe Biden on Saturday met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul in a bid to ease strains over the Syria crisis and persuade Turkey to step up its support for the coalition against Islamic State (IS) jihadists. The trip to Istanbul by Biden, the highest ranking US official to visit Turkey since Erdogan was elected president after over a decade as prime minister, came amid unusual tensions in the traditionally strong relationship between the two NATO allies.

Turkey trains Kurdish peshmerga forces in fight against Islamic State Posted: 22 Nov 2014 10:09 AM PST By Humeyra Pamuk and Dasha Afanasieva ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish soldiers are training Kurdish peshmerga fighters in northern Iraq and will give similar assistance to a new national army unit in Baghdad as part of the struggle against Islamic State, a senior Turkish official said on Saturday. The announcement came as U.S. Vice President Joe Biden held meetings in Istanbul with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan and Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on how to tackle Islamic State militants in Syria and Iraq. ...

Danish man shot and wounded in Saudi capital Posted: 22 Nov 2014 10:03 AM PST RIYADH (Reuters) - A Danish man was shot and wounded in the Saudi capital Riyadh on Saturday by an unknown assailant as he left work in his car, state news agency SPA said. The victim, who was shot in the shoulder, was taken to hospital and is in a stable condition, a Riyadh police spokesman told the news agency. An investigation was underway, he said. The attack comes a month after an American citizen was shot dead in Riyadh and another was wounded. Police have said initial information showed the gunman who killed the American had no ties to extremist groups. ...

City: Quarter-toting 'Robin Hooders' must back off Posted: 22 Nov 2014 09:59 AM PST KEENE, N.H. (AP) — The self-styled "Robin Hooders" race to the rescue of the parking peasantry, pumping quarters into their expired meters and leaving behind cards informing them they have been saved from "the king's tariff."

Islamic State kills at least 25 Iraqi tribesmen near Ramadi: officials Posted: 22 Nov 2014 09:56 AM PST By Raheem Salman BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Islamic State militants have killed at least 25 members of a Sunni Muslim tribe in a village on the eastern edge of the provincial capital Ramadi, local officials said on Saturday, in apparent revenge for tribal opposition to the radical Islamists. They said the bodies of the men from the Albu Fahd tribe were discovered by the Iraqi army when it launched a counter-offensive on Saturday against Islamic State near Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province. ...

U.S. and Turkey discuss transition away from Assad in Syria Posted: 22 Nov 2014 09:38 AM PST ISTANBUL (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said he and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan he had discussed a transition of power in Syria away from President Bashar al-Assad during a four-hour meeting in Istanbul on Saturday. Turkey has been a reluctant partner in the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State (IS) insurgents in Syria and Iraq, pushing for a more comprehensive strategy that includes Assad's removal from power. "On Syria, we discussed ... ...

U.S. welcomes oil deal between Iraqi Kurdistan and Baghdad Posted: 22 Nov 2014 06:34 AM PST By Humeyra Pamuk and Dasha Afanasieva ISTANBUL (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden welcomed an agreement between Iraq's central government and its northern Kurdistan region over the management of oil exports, a step forward in a feud that has threatened the unity of Iraq. In a speech in Istanbul on Saturday that touched on energy issues from Russia to Cyprus, Biden said he was encouraged to see a recent interim agreement between Baghdad and Arbil on managing exports and revenue sharing. ...

Iraqi forces, Islamic State group battle in Ramadi Posted: 22 Nov 2014 05:31 AM PST BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi soldiers backed by Sunni fighters launched a major operation Saturday to retake a section of the city of Ramadi seized by Islamic State group militants, an official and residents said.

U.S.-led strikes have killed 910 people in Syria: monitor Posted: 22 Nov 2014 04:14 AM PST BEIRUT (Reuters) - Air strikes by U.S.-led forces in Syria have killed 910 people, including 52 civilians, since the start of the campaign against Islamic State and other fighters two months ago, a group monitoring the conflict said on Saturday. The majority of the deaths, 785, were Islamic State fighters according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Islamic State, a hard-line offshoot of al Qaeda, has seized land in Syria and neighboring Iraq, where it has also been targeted by U.S.-led strikes since July. ...

Activist group: US-led Syria strikes kill over 900 Posted: 22 Nov 2014 03:54 AM PST BEIRUT (AP) — A prominent Syrian activist group monitoring its civil war says U.S.-led airstrikes in the country have killed over 900 people since September, many fighters of the militant Islamic State group, though some civilians as well.

Canadian vets plan to join Kurdish fight against Islamic State Posted: 22 Nov 2014 12:51 AM PST OTTAWA (Reuters) - Several former Canadian soldiers plan to join Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State militants in coming weeks, with at least one already in Iraq, Canadian media reported on Friday, bolstering the ranks of foreigners fighting alongside the Kurds. The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation said a half-dozen former armed forces personnel were enlisting, citing unnamed sources. Meanwhile, the National Post newspaper said veterans had formed a group called the First North American Expeditionary Force to help link would-be fighters with Peshmerga units and to provide financial help. ...

President extends US combat role in Afghanistan: report Posted: 21 Nov 2014 11:44 PM PST Barack Obama has extended the combat role for US troops in Afghanistan for another year, in a classified order he signed in recent weeks, the New York Times reported Friday. Previously, the president had said US-led NATO combat operations would finish at the end of this year. The NATO follow up mission, to take over on January 1 with 9,800 US troops and about 3,000 soldiers from Germany, Italy and other member nations, was to focus on supporting Afghan forces as they take on the Taliban, in parallel with US counter-terrorism operations. The new order also allows for air support -- from US jets, bombers and drones -- for Afghan combat missions.

Obama signs order expanding U.S. Afghanistan role: NYT Posted: 21 Nov 2014 09:37 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama has signed a secret order authorizing a broader military mission in Afghanistan in 2015 than originally planned, the New York Times reported on Saturday. The decision ensures a direct role for American troops in fighting in Afghanistan for at least another year, it said, adding Obama's decision was made during a White House meeting with national security advisers in recent weeks. In May, Obama said the American military would have no combat role in Afghanistan next year. ...

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