Iraq

Washington vowed June 12 to boost aid to Iraq and is mulling drone strikes amid fears Iraqi forces are crumbling in face of militants increasingly emboldened since the U.S. withdrawal.

Washington vowed June 12 to boost aid to Iraq and is mulling drone strikes amid fears Iraqi forces are crumbling in face of militants increasingly emboldened since the U.S. withdrawal.

An anonymous user acting as a spokesperson for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) on Twitter has finally succumbed to Turkish and Kurdish trolls, announcing he would close the account.

Turkish business representatives and entrepreneurs are worried over the potential conseqeunces of violence in neighboring Iraq that may thwart trade with Baghdad and threaten the safety of investments in the country Turkish investors are concerned over escalating turmoil in neighboring Iraq that sparked fears of a damage on business ties, which immensely prospered in recent years, betwee

The Romanian Foreign Affairs Ministry is watching the general developments in Iraq with deep worry and voices concern at the significant deterioration of the security climate, in the northwestern regions mostly, a release to AGERPRES says on Thursday.

Despite Baghdad’s threats, Kurdish Iraqi oil shipped from a Turkish port has been bought by Russian oil giant Rosneft to be delivered to a refinery in Germany, which co-operates with BP Russian oil firm Rosneft bought a cargo of Kurdish oil for a German refinery it co-owns with oil major BP, quietly circumventing Baghdad’s ban on independent oil sales by its autonomous region, accord

NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on June 12 he didn't see a role for the organisation in Iraq after Islamist militants seized swathes of territory in the country and took 80 Turkish citizens hostage.

Rasmussen condemned the violence and called for immediate release of the hostages.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday that the spectacular seizure of Iraqi cities by advancing jihadist fighters was a clear sign of the "total failure" of the U.S.-led invasion.

The federal government and the autonomous Kurdish region will cooperate against the offensive of Islamic State of Iraq and Levant (ISIL) militants, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoğlu during a phone call June 12.

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has asked German Chancellor Angela Merkel to accelerate preparations for the upcoming presidential elections in Turkey, during which millions of Turkish voters living abroad – including 1.5 million in Germany alone - will be eligible to cast their votes.