Fewer Foreigners Crossing Into Iraq From Syria to Fight
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The number of foreign fighters entering Iraq from Syria has decreased noticeably in recent months, corresponding to a similar decrease in suicide bombings and other attacks by the group al-Qaeda in Iraq, according to U.S. military and intelligence officials.
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At least 1,000 Iraqis are fleeing their homes each day because of violence and insecurity Â a figure that could increase with threats of cross-border attacks into northern Iraq, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday.
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Critical to the war effort in Iraq, the National Guard and Army Reserve are drawing fewer enlistees. Will the troop shortage worsen?
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Syria has closed its borders to Iraqis and imposed new visa rules that will legally require 1.5 million Iraqis currently in Syria to return to Iraq.
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The number of Iraqis returning to their country after fleeing abroad is growing, with more than 46,000 people coming home last month, an Iraqi government spokesman said
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Iraqi expatriates in Syria will have the opportunity to vote in this month's Iraqi elections under an agreement signed Sunday between the Syrian government and the Geneva-based International Organization for Migration.
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AMMAN, Jordan -- Iraqi voters living here and flying in from around the Middle East turned out yesterday on the final day of registration for Iraq's historic election, speaking excitedly of freedom and an unwillingness to bend to boycott calls. But turnout remained low.
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Iraqi voter registration abroad is extended due to low turnout, as extra security is announced for the election.
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Overall violence continues to decline in Iraq, although the rate of decrease has slowed since September and a few indicators have actually gone up in recent weeks, according to U.S. military figures released yesterday by the White House.
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Fewer than a quarter of eligible Iraqis living abroad sign up to vote in Sunday's election, officials say.
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Deaths among Iraq civilians, police and soldiers dropped slightly last month but the number of wounded rose, indicating little easing of violence since the killing of terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, government figures showed Monday.
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SIRNAK, Turkey  - Perched on a hillside overlooking the mountainous northern Iraqi border, Kurds in the southeastern Turkish town of Sirnak are nervously monitoring preparations for a possible cross-border military operation.
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BAGHDAD, Jan. 4 -- Nearly 50,000 Iraqi refugees returned home from Syria in the final 3 1/2 months of 2007, the latest sign of diminishing violence in this war-pocked country, according to new data from relief workers.
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IRBIL, Iraq -- Iraqi border police believe neighboring Turkey has amassed 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers along its southern border with Iraq. Turkish helicopters have flown into Iraqi airspace to conduct missions against Kurdish rebels in the mountainous region, and Turkish mortar shells regularly crash...
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As the violence rages in Iraq, a small stream of Iraqis is trickling into the United States despite improbable odds.
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Iraqis living abroad are being given more time to register for the 30 January poll because of a low turnout.
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WASHINGTON -- Buoyed by a higher turnout and less violence than expected in Sunday's Iraqi election, Pentagon authorities have decided to start reducing the level of US forces in Iraq next month by about 15,000 troops, down to about 135,000, Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz said yesterday.