Topic: Middle East

Obama, Maliki have 'failed' on security: McCain

US Senator John McCain Monday accused President Barack Obama and visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of having "failed" by not agreeing on a US military presence past year's end."Both men have failed in their responsibilities with regard to our shared security ...

Obama meets Iraq's Maliki at White House

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama welcomed Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to the White House on Monday, showcasing the end of the American war in Iraq as he campaigns for reelection next year.Sitting side by side in the Oval Office, the ...

Obama meets Maliki as US exits Iraq

President Barack Obama meets Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki Monday, marking America's exit from a war launched in a aerial "shock and awe" assault that went on to deeply wound both nations.Obama will hold talks with Maliki at the White House, have ...

NATO to halt Iraq mission at year-end: official

NATO will withdraw its Iraq training mission at year-end after Baghdad refused to grant it legal immunity, Iraq's top security adviser said on Sunday, mirroring the nearly-complete pullout of US forces.But a NATO official in Brussels denied that any decision had been ...

Iraq PM sets off for US ahead of pullout

Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki headed to Washington on Sunday, for the first time as leader of a country virtually empty of foreign troops as the US withdrawal from Iraq nears its final days.Maliki is to hold wide-ranging talks with US President Barack ...

Seven killed in Iraq attacks

A spate of gun and bomb attacks across northern and central Iraq on Saturday killed seven people and left four others wounded, security officials said.In the disputed northern city of Kirkuk, a Shiite Turkman chemicals specialist for the state-owned North Oil Company ...

US hands key base over to Iraqi control

The United States on Friday handed over to Iraqi control the sprawling Victory Base Complex near Baghdad, the main base from which the US-led war in Iraq was commanded, a US military spokesman said."The Victory Base Complex (VBC) was officially signed over ...

Shared sacrifices allow Iraq war to end: Biden

US Vice President Joe Biden, in Iraq as the last American soldiers prepare to depart, thanked troops from both sides for their shared sacrifices, saying they helped to end the war.But even as Biden spoke of the conflict drawing to a close, ...

Biden ushers in new phase in Iraq ties

US Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday the United States and Iraq are embarking on a new phase in their ties as Washington keeps its promise to pull all of its troops out of the country.Biden, President Barack Obama's point man ...

Packing and patrolling, U.S. troops roll out of Iraq

CAMP ECHO, Iraq (Reuters) - Camp Echo's dusty motorpools are empty, its private contract caterers have long gone home and murals depicting the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York's twin towers have been painted over.One of the last seven U.S. military ...