• Assaults on Iraqi oil fields sow worry over global gas prices

    Assaults on Iraqi oil fields sow worry over global gas prices

    Jun 27, 2014 12:30 AM EDT

    rajectory that you see here, with the upheaval, with the disruptions, does it change the path that Iraq was on to greater -- even greater oil production? There were high hopes and high numbers attached to the potential for the future. GIANNA BERN: I think, for the moment, it definitely brings ...

  • Iraqis trickling back to Mosul, but bracing for more violence

    Iraqis trickling back to Mosul, but bracing for more violence

    Jun 26, 2014 01:18 PM EDT

    ... or how long the Iraqis will be away from home, said Claborne. It could be awhile, he said, since the response to the conflict in Iraq appears to require a political solution -- an inclusive government that takes into account the needs of all Iraqis -- along with a military one that ...

  • News Wrap: Maliki rejects appeals for a unity government in Iraq

    News Wrap: Maliki rejects appeals for a unity government in Iraq

    Jun 26, 2014 12:33 AM EDT

    ... any such move would amount to a coup, since his Shiite bloc won the most seats in April's elections. NOURI AL-MALIKI, Prime Minister, Iraq (through interpreter):  It is not a secret to Iraqis the grave intentions harbored behind the call for the formation of a so-called government ...

  • Evidence suggests Syria launched airstrikes against ISIL in Iraq

    Evidence suggests Syria launched airstrikes against ISIL in Iraq

    Jun 25, 2014 04:29 PM EDT

    ... National Security Council spokeswoman. "The solution to Iraq's security challenge does not involve militias or the murderous Assad regime, but the strengthening of the Iraqi security forces to combat threats." Another U.S. official said Iran has been flying surveillance drones in Iraq. The officials spoke only on grounds ...

  • Former U.S. allies in Iraq eyed for fight against ISIL

    Former U.S. allies in Iraq eyed for fight against ISIL

    Jun 25, 2014 02:12 PM EDT

    ... model for how to unite Sunni fighters against the rampant Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, also known as ISIS -- Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) that has swept across most of the nation's north. Also known as the Sons of Iraq -- "sahwa" is Arabic for "awakening ...

  • Kurdish leader: ‘We are facing a new reality and a new Iraq’

    Kurdish leader: ‘We are facing a new reality and a new Iraq

    Jun 24, 2014 11:54 PM EDT

    ... the entire region is facing, especially Iraq. This needs the support of all concerned in order to find a proper solution for the crisis that Iraq is witnessing today. After these changes, we are facing a new reality and a new Iraq. JUDY WOODRUFF: That new Iraq, in the eyes ...

  • How ISIL capitalized on vulnerabilities of Iraq's security forces

    How ISIL capitalized on vulnerabilities of Iraq's security forces

    Jun 24, 2014 11:52 PM EDT

    ... brings information and awareness about what is going on there at this point in time. But, Judy, my major concern with this is that the Iraqi army and Iraqi police are being augmented by a mobilized Shia militia and they're being integrated into these commands of the Iraqi army ...

  • Kurdish leader cites 'new reality' in Iraq

    Kurdish leader cites 'new reality' in Iraq

    Jun 24, 2014 01:12 PM EDT

    ... least adopt new policies that would give more authority to Iraq's minority Sunnis and Kurds. Kerry has repeatedly said that it's up to Iraqis — not the U.S. or other nations — to select their leaders. But he also has noted bitterness and growing impatience among all of Iraq ...

  • Kerry urges Iraq’s embattled premier to use more inclusive government to oppose ISIL

    Kerry urges Iraq’s embattled premier to use more inclusive government to oppose ISIL

    Jun 24, 2014 12:25 AM EDT

    ... deliver a stern warning to the Shiite-led government battling ISIL, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. JOHN KERRY: The very future of Iraq depends on choices that will be made in the next days and weeks. And the future of Iraq depends primarily on the ability of ...

  • Kerry to Iraq leaders: Sharing power is critical to staving off civil war

    Kerry to Iraq leaders: Sharing power is critical to staving off civil war

    Jun 23, 2014 07:49 PM EDT

    ... the constitution requires. "The very future of Iraq depends on choices that will be made in the next days and weeks, and the future of Iraq depends primarily on the ability of Iraq's leaders to come together and take a stand united against ISIL," Kerry said, referring to the ...