Jun 27 Watch Will an alternative to prime minister Maliki emerge in Iraq? By PBS News Hour Iraq’s top Shiite cleric ramped up pressure on politicians to agree on the nation’s next prime minister by Tuesday. Iraq’s current prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, continues to lose the confidence of former allies in the fight against ISIL insurgents. Judy… Continue watching
Jun 19 Watch Can Iraq be united under Maliki? By PBS News Hour Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has been faulted by some for deepening sectarian divisions now roiling the country. Gwen Ifill talks to Charles Duelfer, former UN and U.S. weapons inspector in Iraq, Abbas Kadhim of Johns Hopkins University and Feisal… Continue watching
Jun 18 Watch ISIL attacks Iraq’s main oil refinery By PBS News Hour Sunni militants forced their way into Iraq’s biggest oil refinery as they continued their push south toward Baghdad. But the Iraqi army says it has driven off the Islamist-led insurgents attacking the Baiji complex, and that 40 attackers have been… Continue watching
Jun 13 Watch Should U.S. wait for political progress in Iraq before making a military intervention? By PBS News Hour President Obama said that he will not put U.S. forces on the ground in Iraq, but he is weighing other military options. He also pointed to problems within the Iraqi government and security forces. Judy Woodruff gets views on whether… Continue watching
Jun 13 Watch Iraq’s top Shiite cleric pleads for armed resistance against Sunni insurgents By PBS News Hour In Kirkuk, Iraq's army abandoned several vast military bases overnight, leaving behind their uniforms and vehicles and equipment they purposely destroyed before fleeing. Kurdish forces have seized the area instead, arming themselves to fight in hopes of establishing their own… Continue watching
Jun 12 Watch Kurdish troops take Kirkuk after Iraqi forces flee By PBS News Hour Outside Kirkuk, Iraqi troops were filmed trying to halt the advance of Sunni militants. But when the government forces fled, Kurdish fighters moved into the city that they have long claimed as their historical capital. Reporting from Irbil, Jonathan Rugman… Continue watching
Dec 10 Watch Will flood of Kurdish refugees from Syria increase volatility in Iraq? Will flood of Kurdish refugees from Syria increase volatility in Iraq?… Continue watching
Nov 26 Watch As Kurds Fight for Freedom in Syria, Fears Rise in Turkey of Following Suit As Kurds Fight for Freedom in Syria, Fears Rise in Turkey of Following Suit… Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch Democracy Still Fragile in Iraq, Where Sectarian Tensions Reach Breaking Point Bridging Sectarian Divides Among Iraq's Majority Shiites, Sunnis and Kurds… Continue watching
Dec 21 Watch News Wrap: Syrian Dissidents Report More Than 100 Killed by Government Forces In other news Wednesday, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki demanded that Kurdish authorities hand over Vice President Tariq Al-Hashemi, who fled to the Kurdish North this week to escape an arrest warrant. In Syria, dissidents reported government forces killed more… Continue watching