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12/27/2011 10:08:29 AM
The Islamic State of Iraq, an Al-Qaida front group, claims responsibility of Thursday’s deadly bombings that left 69 people killed saying it were meant to avenge those who were executed by the Shiite-led government
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12/26/2011 12:03:51 PM
The United States is urging Iraq's feuding leaders to head off a worsening political crisis that has raised sectarian tensions just days after the US military completed its pullout from the country
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12/24/2011 11:44:04 AM
The Sunni vice president, wanted for allegedly running a hit squad in Iraq, accuses Shiite Prime Minister al-Maliki of waging campaign against Sunnis and pushing the country toward sectarian war
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12/23/2011 4:26:47 PM
Security forces in Bahrain have attacked the headquarters of the main Shiite opposition party in the capital with tear gas
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12/23/2011 2:48:16 PM
Russia is concerned that the Arab Spring revolutions could show further turmoil in the MENA region by provoking a potentially catastrophic rift between Sunni and Shiite Muslims, FM Lavrov said
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12/23/2011 10:51:59 AM
Activists say Syrian president Al-Assad is still trying to stamp out protests with troops and tanks despite international sanctions and his avowed agreement to the Arab League plan
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12/21/2011 2:07:25 PM
Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Maliki asks Kurdish authorities to hand over Sunni Vice President Tareq Al-Hashemi, charged with running death squads
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12/21/2011 12:58:54 PM
In another episode of the political crisis, Iraqi prime minister threatens to replace ministers from the Sunni-backed Iraqiya bloc if they continued to boycott the national unity cabinet meetings
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12/21/2011 12:27:01 PM
Iraq political and security stability at a huge risks as it slipped back into the sectarian squabbling that pits Shi'ite against Sunni rivals and threatens to destroy their fragile power-sharing deal after only a year
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12/21/2011 12:03:28 PM
US administration holds intensive talks with Iraqi leaders to end the worsening political crisis since the outset of Saddam Hussein, a day after an arrest warrant has been issued against the Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi
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12/21/2011 11:24:19 AM
Iraq's Sunni vice president has denied Shiite accusations that he organized death squads
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12/20/2011 2:18:57 PM
Iraqi leaders call for urgent talks to head off a worsening political crisis after authorities issued an arrest warrant for the Sunni vice president on anti-terror charges
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12/20/2011 11:11:58 AM
Just a day after US troops left Iraq, the Arab country faces a political tsunami as its top leaders indulge in settling of scores
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12/18/2011 11:57:55 AM
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki calls on lawmakers to withdraw confidence from one of his deputies, a Sunni Arab who described him on television as "worse than Saddam Hussein"
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12/18/2011 10:11:10 AM
Last US troops leave Iraq ending almost nine-year war that toppled Saddam Hussein and left country facing enormous political, economic challenges
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12/10/2011 4:38:45 PM
Iraqi security officials say that attacks across northern and central the country killed seven people and left four others wounded
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12/7/2011 4:17:35 PM
Three Huthi Shiite rebels killed after retaliation by Sunnis for last week's violence where Huthis took over a Sunni religious institute killing some 20 people
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12/6/2011 12:10:09 PM
Dual deadly bombs attack mosques: a suicide bomber killed at least 54 people with him when he detonated next to a Shiite shrine and shortly after a bicycle bomb exploded killing four near a main mosque
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12/5/2011 9:54:48 AM
Government forces and militiamen loyal to Assad killed at least 30 civilians and five defectors on Sunday, mostly in Homs, according to tallies by several activists' organisations
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12/3/2011 5:24:27 PM
Bahrain's governments appoint a former British security official to oversee the reform of the police sector in the Sunni kingdom
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