http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/scat/44 The latest news about International Relations in Iraq en support@iraqupdates.com support@iraqupdates.com PHP RSS Feed Generator The book was unveiled during a ceremony on Monday at the Tehran Art Bureau venue. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/38871/refid/RSS-ir-20-11-2009 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:19:00 +0000 The next U.S. president will face a daunting list of foreign policy challenges, from wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the global financial crisis to the need to shore up the country's frayed international image. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/38867/refid/RSS-ir-20-11-2009 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:23:00 +0000 The Cabinet decided to close both the Damascus-based American School and the Culture Center postpone the meeting of the High Syrian-Iraqi Committee . http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/38854/refid/RSS-ir-20-11-2009 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:02:00 +0000 U.S. official on Tuesday said they did not rule out renegotiating with Iraqis over the sticking issues in the security pact between the two countries, CNN reported. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/38886/refid/RSS-ir-20-11-2009 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:35:00 +0000 The British ambassador in Iraq on Tuesday revealed that discussions were underway with the Iraqi Premier Nouri al-Maliki, to sign a long-term security agreement similar to the Iraqi-U.S. proposed one. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/38876/refid/RSS-ir-20-11-2009 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 05:25:00 +0000 A senior Iraqi official says Iraq hopes that an alleged U.S. raid into Syria will not harm Baghdad's relations with Damascus. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/38771/refid/RSS-ir-20-11-2009 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:47:00 +0000 Syria protested vehemently on Monday over what it said was a US attack on a border village that left eight civilians dead, with the official press branding it a "war crime." http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/38769/refid/RSS-ir-20-11-2009 Tue, 28 Oct 2008 03:45:00 +0000 At a recent charity dinner, a rare moment in the campaign when the two US presidential candidates traded self-deprecating jokes rather than insults, Barack Obama denied he was born in a manger. He revealed he came from Krypton and had been sent by... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/38751/refid/RSS-ir-20-11-2009 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:49:00 +0000 Iraq's largest Sunni party said on Saturday it has suspended official contacts with American military personnel and civilians after the killing of a man near Fallujah. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/38768/refid/RSS-ir-20-11-2009 Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:49:00 +0000 Iran's opposition appears to be a major reason why, after eight months of arduous negotiations, the United States and Iraq have so far failed to reach agreement on a Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA), although such an agreement is urgently required.... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/38624/refid/RSS-ir-20-11-2009 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 05:07:00 +0000 The draft US-Iraq security accord is aimed at keeping Iraq weak to help America "pillage" the country, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday. "The Americans have shown that they do not respect any agreement and, if their... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/38612/refid/RSS-ir-20-11-2009 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 04:09:00 +0000 Iraq's neighbors here Thursday voiced their support for the war-torn country to restore security and stability. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/38606/refid/RSS-ir-20-11-2009 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:52:00 +0000 There are security agreements and military pacts concerning bases, facilities and defense arrangements in many of the Arab countries and their neighbors such as Turkey, yet no one talks about them or criticizes them. But the term of the [draft] US-Iraq... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/38602/refid/RSS-ir-20-11-2009 Fri, 24 Oct 2008 03:45:00 +0000 At no other time in recent history has the standing of the United States reached rock-bottom levels such as during these waning days of George W. Bush in the White House because of his administration's failed foreign policies and the country's near... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/38521/refid/RSS-ir-20-11-2009 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:28:00 +0000 If Nina Al Ghazali was asked before the 2003 war on Iraq whether she would ever think of living outside her country, her reply would have been "never". http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/38519/refid/RSS-ir-20-11-2009 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:26:00 +0000 A deal governing the long-term presence of US troops in Iraq beyond the end of 2008 is more or less done, and any changes would be merely fine-tuning, the White House said Wednesday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/38518/refid/RSS-ir-20-11-2009 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:24:00 +0000 The US State Department insisted Tuesday that a controversial draft security pact with Iraq is a "good, solid text," but stopped short of saying it might renegotiate it. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/38517/refid/RSS-ir-20-11-2009 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:21:00 +0000 On the brief occasions when the President now appears in the Rose Garden to "comfort" or "reassure" a shock-and-awed nation, you can almost hear those legions of ducks quacking lamely in the background. Once upon a time, George W. Bush,... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/38516/refid/RSS-ir-20-11-2009 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:06:00 +0000 The UN refugee agency has begun helping hundreds of Iraqi Christians who fled to Syria to escape violence and threats in the northern Iraq city of Mosul. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/38512/refid/RSS-ir-20-11-2009 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:57:00 +0000 Autonomous Kurdish Government in Iraq President Massoud Barzani has vowed to make efforts to obtain the release of the Iranian diplomats kidnapped by U.S. forces in northern Iraq, Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki said on Wednesday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/38505/refid/RSS-ir-20-11-2009 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:40:00 +0000 Iraq warned on Wednesday it would not be bullied into signing a security pact with the United States despite US leaders warning of potentially dire consequences if it failed to approve the deal. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/38499/refid/RSS-ir-20-11-2009 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:35:00 +0000 Iraqi forces cannot yet defend Iraq by themselves, so Baghdad should accept a pact that would allow U.S. troops to remain, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Wednesday. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/38497/refid/RSS-ir-20-11-2009 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:26:00 +0000 Kuwait's first ambassador to Baghdad since Iraq conquered the tiny country in 1990 formally took office Wednesday, joining a growing list of envoys from Arab states strengthening ties with the Shi'ite-led government. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/38495/refid/RSS-ir-20-11-2009 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:20:00 +0000 The United States pressured the Iraqi government on Wednesday either to accept an agreement allowing U.S. forces to stay in the country beyond this year or to spell out its objections. http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/38492/refid/RSS-ir-20-11-2009 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:14:00 +0000 Iraq hasn't gotten much attention recently in the American presidential campaign, thanks to the reduction in violence there, but US policymakers are increasingly worried about what's ahead. The negotiations between Baghdad and Washington over a new... http://www.iraqupdates.com/p_articles.php/article/38490/refid/RSS-ir-20-11-2009 Thu, 23 Oct 2008 03:38:00 +0000