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  Iran Offers Support To New Iraq PM, Demands Removal Of US Forces

  Iran on Sunday offered its full support for new Iraqi prime minister Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi and reiterated its backing for the government's demand for U.S. forces to leave the country.

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  Iraq Says Iran Gave "Verbal Message" Informing About Attack On US Forces

  Iraq's prime minister's office said Wednesday it had received "an official verbal message" from Iran informing it that a missile attack on US forces stationed on Iraqi soil was imminent.

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  New Turkish Airstrikes Under Way Against Islamic State, Kurdistan Workers Party: PM Ahmet Davutoglu

  Turkish forces on Saturday unleashed a third wave of airstrikes and ground attacks on targets of the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria and Kurdish militants in northern Iraq, Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said.

• New Zealand PM Says UN Seat a Win for Small States

  New Zealand's election to the UN Security Council is a victory for small states that shows chequebook diplomacy is not needed to win a spot at the top table, Prime Minister John Key said on Friday.

• John Kerry, Iraqi PM Haider al-Abadi Embrace Unity to Defeat Insurgency

  With a new Iraqi government finally in place and a growing Mideast consensus on defeating insurgent threats, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry pressed Iraq's Shiite leader on Wednesday to quickly deliver more power to wary Sunnis - or jeopardize any hope of defeating the Islamic State group.

• John Kerry Meets Haider Abadi, Says He is Encouraged by Iraqi PM's Plans to Push Broad Reforms

  US Secretary of State US Secretary of State John Kerry met Iraq's new Prime Minister Haider Abadi on Wednesday and said he was impressed by the premier's plans to rebuild the Iraqi military and push broad political reforms. met Iraq's new Prime Minister Haider Abadi on Wednesday and said he was impressed by the premier's plans to rebuild the Iraqi ...

• Iraq PM Nuri al-Maliki Refuses to go as Iraqis Turn to New Leader Haider al-Abadi

  An increasingly isolated Nuri al-Maliki again protested his removal as Iraqi prime minister on Wednesday, as his own political party and his former sponsor in Iran publicly endorsed a successor who many in Baghdad hope can halt advancing Sunni jihadists.

• Nuri al-Maliki's Dawa Party Backs His Replacement Haider al-Abadi as Iraq PM

  The Dawa Party of Iraq's Nuri al-Maliki on Wednesday called on Iraqi politicians to work with his replacement as prime minister, Haider al-Abadi, to form a new government.

• Suicide Bomber Attacks Checkpoint Near New Iraq PM's House

  A suicide bomber attacked a checkpoint near the Baghdad home of new Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Tuesday, two police sources and local media said.

• Nuri al-Maliki Spurned as Iraq President Nominates New PM

  Iraq moved closer to ending Nuri al-Maliki's stubborn grip on power when his own political clan spurned him for another prime minister called to save the country from breakup.

• Defiant Nuri Al-Maliki Criticises Decision to Name New Iraqi PM

  Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday the president's decision to name a replacement for him as prime minister was a "dangerous violation" of the constitution.

• Iraq's Kurds Demand Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki's Resignation

  Iraq's Kurds said on Thursday Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was "hysterical" and not fit to run the country, further dimming the prospect of a new leadership uniting to face jihadist fighters.

• Iraq PM Says Hopes for Deal on New Government in Next Parliament Session

  Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Wednesday that he hoped to overcome the challenges blocking the formation of a new government, a day after the new parliament's first session ended without agreement on top government posts.

• Iraq's Top Shiite Cleric Calls for New PM to be Named by Tuesday

  Iraq's Shi'ite Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, the majority sect's most influential cleric, called for Iraq's political blocs to agree on the next government's prime minister, parliament speaker and president before parliament meets Tuesday.

• Iraq PM Warns Against Exploiting Militant Offensive

  Beleaguered Iraqi premier Nuri al-Maliki warned rivals on Wednesday against exploiting a Sunni militant onslaught for political gain and insisted that any new government must be based on an election he won.