Washington Post
After years of strained relations, a series of diplomatic gestures between Iraq and Saudi Arabia is easing tensions between two of the Middle East's most influential nations at a critical time for the region. Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah applauds as...
Arab News
Iraq's government said yesterday it had demanded the autonomous Kurdish region hand over Vice President Tareq Al-Hashemi for trial on charges of running death squads, a case that caused a political crisis when US troops withdrew last year. Iraq...
NOW Lebanon
The Iraqi interior ministry on Sunday asked Kurdish authorities to arrest fugitive Sunni Vice President Tareq al-Hashemi, saying he was planning to flee the country. Hashemi, a member of the secular Sunni-backed Iraqiya bloc, has been accused by...