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Yahoo! News: Iraq

Veteran Israeli politician Ben Eliezer dies aged 80

Posted: 28 Aug 2016 11:59 AM PDT

FILE -- In this Jan. 30, 2002 file photo, Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, right, shakes hands with Israeli Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer before their meeting in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheik. Ben Eliezer, a veteran Israeli politician who held a series of top governmental posts, including defense minister died Sunday, Aug. 28, 2016. He was 80. A native Arabic speaker, Ben Eliezer was on friendly terms with deposed Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak and other Arab leaders and helped bridge gaps between Israel and the Arab world. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)JERUSALEM (AP) — Binyamin Ben Eliezer, a veteran Israeli politician who held several top government posts and often served as a bridge to the Arab world, died Sunday. He was 80.

Turkey-backed rebels expel Kurdish forces from Syrian towns

Posted: 28 Aug 2016 11:56 AM PDT

Turkish troops return from the Syrian border, in Karkamis, Turkey, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016. Turkey on Wednesday sent tanks across the border to help Syrian rebels retake the key Islamic State-held town of Jarablus and to contain the expansion of Syria's Kurds in an area bordering Turkey.(Ismail Coskun, IHA via AP)BEIRUT (AP) — Rebels backed by Turkey made major gains Sunday in northern Syria, expelling Kurdish-led forces from towns and villages as part of a determined campaign by Ankara to push the militants east of the Euphrates River.

EU nations must not to refuse Muslim migrants: Merkel

Posted: 28 Aug 2016 11:37 AM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel gives her summer interview with journalists of German public TV chain ARD on August 28, 2016 in BerlinThe refusal of some EU countries to accept Muslim refugees is "unacceptable", Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday as Germany called for quotas to divide the influx throughout the bloc. "That's not right at all that some countries say: 'generally speaking, we don't want to have Muslims in our countries'," Merkel told German public television channel ARD. A common European migration policy is a highly controversial issue, which will be on the agenda of an EU summit next month, with eastern members the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia refusing to take in refugees under an EU-wide quota system championed by Berlin.

Down another key minister, Iraq continues Mosul push

Posted: 28 Aug 2016 09:05 AM PDT

FILE -- In this Jan. 9, 2016 file photo, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, center, then Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi, right, then Interior Minister Mohammed al-Ghabban, left, attend a ceremony marking Police Day, in Baghdad, Iraq. Recent political upheaval has left Iraq without a minister of defense or interior as the country prepares for the operation to retake Mosul -- expected to be the most complicated yet in the fight against the Islamic State group. Al-Obeidi was abruptly dismissed by a parliamentary no-confidence vote Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016, for reasons that seem to have little to do with his performance in office. Al-Ghabban submitted his resignation in early July amid mounting anger following a massive truck bombing claimed by IS that killed more than 300 people. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's security forces continue to gear up for a long-awaited operation to retake the Islamic State-held city of Mosul. But they will be doing so without the minister of defense who has presided over most of the military's recent successes against IS.

Iraq requests new Saudi envoy after assassination remarks

Posted: 28 Aug 2016 06:54 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's Foreign Ministry said the government on Sunday formally requested that the Saudi ambassador in Baghdad be replaced after he claimed that Iranian-backed Shiite militias are plotting to assassinate him.

Iraq asks Saudi Arabia to replace envoy who riled Shi'ite militias

Posted: 28 Aug 2016 05:37 AM PDT

A member from the Iraqi security forces stands guard during a patrol at the border between Iraq and Saudi ArabiaIraq asked Saudi Arabia on Sunday to replace its ambassador in Baghdad after his comments about Iranian involvement in Iraqi affairs and the alleged persecution of Sunni Muslims angered local Shi'ite Muslim politicians and militia leaders. The request by Baghdad's Shi'ite-led government underscores the depth of enmity between Sunni and Shi'ite regional powers as sectarian conflicts rage in Syria, Yemen and Iraq. Riyadh only reopened its embassy in Baghdad in December after keeping it shut since the 1990 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.

Envoy says Saudi policies on Iraq will not change: TV

Posted: 28 Aug 2016 04:52 AM PDT

The Saudi Arabian ambassador to Iraq, reacting to a reported request by Baghdad that Riyadh withdraw him, told Al Arabiyah television on Sunday that the kingdom's policies on Iraq would not change, and Saudi ties with Iraqi politicians were amicable. "Frankly I tried to fulfill my duties ... Saudi Arabia's policies in Iraq will not change," Thamer al-Sabhan told the Saudi-owned station. "We have a very amicable relationship with Iraqi politicians that the media does not capture." "This is not personal issue.

Turkish army kills seven Kurdish militants in southeast Turkey: media

Posted: 28 Aug 2016 04:13 AM PDT

ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish forces killed at least 7 members of the outlawed Kurdish PKK militant group in clashes on Sunday in southeast Turkey near its border with Iraq, Turkish media reported. Two Turkish soldiers were also wounded in the clashes that started after PKK militants opened fire on Turkish soldiers, privately run Dogan news agency reported. (Reporting by Ece Toksabay; Editing by Louise Ireland)

Bangladesh police identify dead militants linked to Dhaka cafe attack

Posted: 28 Aug 2016 03:37 AM PDT

Security personnel are seen inside a house where police says militants were killed after a gunbattle on the outskirts of DhakaBy Serajul Quadir DHAKA (Reuters) - One of the three militants killed by Bangladeshi security forces on Saturday in connection with July's Dhaka cafe attack came from a posh area of the city like some of the attackers and went to a prestigious foreign university, police said on Sunday. Towsif Hossain was from Dhaka's leafy Dhanmondi neighborhood and was missing since February. Like Nibras Islam, one of the five young and affluent cafe attackers who was killed after a 12-hour siege on July 2, Hossain had also attended the Kuala Lumpur campus of Australia's prestigious Monash University, the head of the Dhaka police counterterrorism unit told reporters.

What Ever Happened to the Two-State Solution?

Posted: 28 Aug 2016 01:00 AM PDT

What Ever Happened to the Two-State Solution?A solution to the decades-long dispute between Israel and Palestine is more elusive, says ex-CIA chief John McLaughlin.

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