Iraq's Kurdish leader snubs Rice
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Iraq's Kurdish leader refuses to meet the US secretary of state over Washington's stance on raids by Turkey.
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King Abdullah of Jordan, one of the United States key allies in the Middle East, has come out strongly against holding elections in Iraq in January.
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Iraq's prime minister urged regional rivals on Saturday to stop playing out their differences in his country, addressing a meeting at which U.S. officials sat down with adversaries from Iran and Syria.
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Iraq&#39;s top Shia authority is denying media reports that it has opposed armed resistance against the US occupation of the country.
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KIRKUK, Iraq  - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in Iraq on an unannounced visit on Tuesday, and a U.S. official said she planned to urge Iraqi leaders to speed up national reconciliation.
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Iraq wants action not words from a regional conference in Baghdad on Saturday and will urge Iran and the United States not to use it as a playing field to settle their scores, Iraq's foreign minister said on Friday.
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BAGHDAD, Iraq Iraq&#39;s former deputy prime minister, Tariq Aziz (TAH&#39;-rihk ah-ZEEZ&#39;), is rejecting reports he&#39;ll testify against Saddam Hussein.
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BAGHDAD, Jan. 15 -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice used an unscheduled visit here Tuesday to laud Iraqi leaders for making progress on a set of political recommendations established by the United States to help the country bridge its sectarian divide. But she also stressed that more progress...
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday rejected a bipartisan panel's recommendation that the United States seek the help of Syria and Iran in Iraq, saying the "compensation" required by any deal might be too high. She argued that neither country should need incentives to foster stability in...
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice denied on Wednesday that the US-led coalition in Iraq is crumbling after Britain announced it would reduce its troop mumbers by 1,600 in the coming months.
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Secretary of State nominee Condoleezza Rice gave no ground in Senate confirmation questioning Tuesday, insisting the United States was fully prepared for the Iraq war and its aftermath and refusing to give a timetable for U.S. troops to come home.
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pressed Iraqi leaders on Thursday to end their "political inaction" and put aside their differences to rein in sectarian violence that threatens to tear apart the country.
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Condoleezza Rice gave little ground to senators lambasting U.S. policies in Iraq on the first day of her confirmation hearing to be secretary of state and will return on Wednesday for a second round of questioning.
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Iraq&#39;s top general on Sunday rejected President Bush&#39;s criticism that some Iraqi government troops were unwilling to fight insurgents
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has rejected a bipartisan panel's recommendation that the Bush administration engage Syria and Iran in efforts to stabilize Iraq, The Washington Post reported on Friday.
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Iraq's president rejects a high-level US report calling for changes in American strategy in Iraq.
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KIRKUK, Iraq  - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Iraqi leaders on Tuesday to speed up national reconciliation on a trip overshadowed by an incursion by several hundred Turkish troops into northern Iraq.