'Dozens killed' in Homs shelling

bbc 08-FEB-12

US says Syria's Assad 'will go'

bbc 30-JAN-12

Syria protesters urge mass rally

bbc 30-DEC-11

Clashes in Homs as monitors continue Syrian mission

telegraph 28-DEC-11

Monitors confronted in Syria city

bbc 27-DEC-11

Arab League monitors expected in Syria

aljazeera 26-DEC-11

Iraq PM in US as withdrawal looms

bbc 12-DEC-11

UN humanitarian mission in Syria

bbc 21-AUG-11

Activists call new Syria protests

bbc 19-AUG-11

Hezbollah dominate new Lebanon cabinet

bbc 14-JUN-11

Syrian tanks storm key border town

RTERadio 12-JUN-11

Syria: video claims to show machete-wielding police officer

telegraph 07-JUN-11

My people love me: Libya's Gaddafi

euronews 01-MAR-11

Moves continue to get Irish out of Libya

RTERadio 28-FEB-11

Libya crisis: Gaddafi isolated but son defiant, more clashes

channel4news 26-FEB-11

Pressure mounts on Mubarak to go

ft 04-FEB-11

Mubarak keeps grip on power, but says he won't stand again

euronews 01-FEB-11

2011 will be a turning point for U.S. military in Iraq

cnn 31-DEC-10

Allawi: 'Power-sharing is dead now'

cnn 13-NOV-10

Baghdad attack a new low in Christian onslaught in Iraq

telegraph 01-NOV-10

Leaked war papers spur calls for probes

cnn 24-OCT-10

Lebanon peacekeepers urge calm

aljazeera 09-JUL-10

Twin car bombs kill at least 18 in Baghdad

latimes 20-JUN-10

Call to ban Iraq female mutilation

bbc 16-JUN-10

Gunmen Storm Iraq's Central Bank; 26 Killed

NPRnews 14-JUN-10

Gunmen attack Iraqi central bank

bbc 13-JUN-10

Car bomb in central Iraq kills 23

bbc 22-MAY-10

Baghdad mourns bombing victims

aljazeera 24-APR-10

U.S., Iraqi forces report killing two al Qaeda leaders

washtimes 20-APR-10

PM: Iraq al Qaeda leaders killed

cnn 19-APR-10

At least 30 dead in Baghdad blasts

channel4news 04-APR-10

Gunmen 'execute' 25 people in Baghdad

euronews 03-APR-10

Death sentence for 'Chemical Ali'

phantis 17-JAN-10

Fear of forgetting

bbc 07-OCT-09

Rally 'attack' on Iran opposition

bbc 18-SEP-09

Iraqi Kurds voting in elections

RTERadio 25-JUL-09

Iraq Sunni leader assassinated

bbc 12-JUN-09

US 'saddened' by deadly Iraq raid

bbc 28-APR-09

Clinton in Iraq amid new violence

phantis 25-APR-09

60 die in Iraq bomb blasts

RTERadio 23-APR-09

'A victory for all Iraqis'

channel4news 31-JAN-09

US transfers control of another province to Iraqis

euronews 29-OCT-08

Iraqis hit back at US commander

bbc 22-OCT-08

Iraq seeking changes to US deal

bbc 21-OCT-08

Iraq seeks to change troop deal

bbc 19-OCT-08

Shi'ites march against extended US stay

euronews 18-OCT-08

Iraqis debate US troop withdrawal

bbc 17-OCT-08

Iraqi PM: British troops can leave

channel4news 13-OCT-08

Iraq PM vows to shield Christians

bbc 12-OCT-08

British Prime Minister visits Iraq

cnn 19-JUL-08

Analysis: Words that hide the withdrawal

thetimes 10-JUL-08

Nuclear inspectors head to Syria

bbc 22-JUN-08

Iraqi PM begins talks in Tehran

bbc 07-JUN-08

CBS journalists kidnapped by gang of masked men in Basra

guardian 13-FEB-08

9 US soldiers die in new Iraq offensive (AP)

news 09-JAN-08

US paves way for long-term stay in Iraq

ft 26-NOV-07

'Shia militia' behind Iraq blast

bbc 24-NOV-07

US 'frees nine Iranians in Iraq'

bbc 09-NOV-07

Iraqi dam 'at risk of collapse'

bbc 30-OCT-07

Bicyclist bomber kills dozens at Iraqi police base

cnn 29-OCT-07

Massive crowds at Beirut funeral of slain anti-Syrian MP

euronews 21-SEP-07

Lebanon assassination spurs calls for strike

cnn 20-SEP-07

Basra bomb kills 3 Brit heroes

thesun 29-JUN-07

MOD names 3 fallen Brits LATEST: THREE soldiers killed by roadside bomb in Iraq are named

thesun 28-JUN-07

Chemical Ali sentenced to death

thesun 24-JUN-07

Iraq minister offers Turkey talks

bbc 09-JUN-07

Troops hunt for British hostages

guardian 30-MAY-07

Lebanese troops shell Palestinian refugees

guardian 21-MAY-07

Baghdad rocked by multiple blasts

aljazeera 19-APR-07

Multiple Baghdad bombings kill at least 119

ft 18-APR-07

Gunman had contact with police

RTERadio 18-APR-07

Browne takes blame for sailors' stories

themirror 11-APR-07

Iraq powers plan Egypt conference

bbc 07-APR-07

'The ugly reality of war'

guardian 06-APR-07

New images released of seized Britons

cnn 03-APR-07

Bush pleads for patience on war anniversary

themirror 19-MAR-07

Iraq conference centres on stability

ft 11-MAR-07

Iraqi PM calls for no outside interference

RTERadio 10-MAR-07

Lebanon wins $7.6B aid package

cnn 25-JAN-07

Thousands of Shia Muslim and Christian protesters blocked roads in Lebanon with blazing tyres in a campaign to oust the government.

ft 23-JAN-07

Gunmen Kidnap Aid Workers in Baghdad

ABCnews 18-DEC-06

Blair visits UK troops in Basra

bbc 17-DEC-06

Bush sees US consensus over Iraq

bbc 09-DEC-06

[-added]: Iraq's most senior Sunni Arab politician, Tariq al-Hashemi, is effectively a fugitive. While he hides out under Kurdish protection in the north, the entire al-Iraqiyya political bloc to which he belongs has pulled out of both parliament and the cabinet. That paralyses Sunni participation in the hard-won power-sharing deal that underpins a year-old national unity government which has rarely pulled together. Frantic efforts are now under way to try to hold that structure together.

ibtimes 21-DEC-11

[added:]: The alternative, at its direst, could be the country's de facto partition, as part of a wider regional Balkanization along sectarian lines.

ibtimes 21-DEC-11

[ said]: I think we're all of the mind where we're in a muddle along economy,

CBC 29-AUG-11