Tunisian police battle militants, talks delayed
TUNIS (Reuters) - Seven Tunisian policemen were killed in clashes with militants on Wednesday as the government cracked down on Islamist fighters using the chaos in neighboring Libya to get...
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Raid shows chaotic Libya a key militant haven
TUNIS (Reuters) - The U.S. raid to snatch a top al Qaeda suspect off a Tripoli street confirmed what many Libyans already feared: Post-revolution chaos has made their vast North...
Bombs and battles hit northern Iraq, more than 70 dead
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Insurgents attacked cities across Iraq on Monday with car bombs, suicide blasts and gun battles that killed more than 70 people in unrest that has deepened fears...
More than 1,000 killed in Iraq violence in May
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - More than 1,000 people were killed in violence in Iraq in May, making it the deadliest month since the sectarian slaughter of 2006-07, the United Nations said...
Iraq on edge after raid fuels deadly Sunni unrest
BAGHDAD, Iraq (Reuters) - More than 30 people were killed in gun battles between Iraqi forces and militants on Wednesday, a day after a raid on a Sunni Muslim protest...
Al Qaeda calls on Iraqi Sunni protesters to take up arms
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's Iraqi wing on Thursday urged Sunni protesters to take up arms against Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, adding fuel to growing sectarian unrest in the...
Analysis: Sunni discontent and Syria fears feed Iraqi unrest
RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - Across Iraq's western desert, thousands of Sunni Muslims block highways, chant and pray in protests against Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki that grow more defiant by...
Analysis: Sunni discontent and Syria fears feed Iraqi unrest
RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - Across Iraq's western desert, thousands of Sunni Muslims block highways, chant and pray in protests against Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki that grow more defiant by...
Iraq Sunni leader urges reforms to end protests
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki should reform laws seen as unjustly marginalizing the country's Sunni Muslims or mass protests could spiral out of control, a top...
Iraqi Sunnis, Kurds boycott cabinet to back protests
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Sunni Muslim and Kurdish ministers boycotted a cabinet session on Tuesday to show support for protests that are threatening Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's fragile cross-sectarian...