New Iraqi Prime Minister

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  Biden Announces "New Phase" In Iraq Relations, End Of "Combat Operations"

  President Joe Biden opened talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhemi on Monday saying relations were in a "new phase" that would include the end of US combat operations in the country.

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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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  4 Indians Detained In Syria Preparing To Join ISIS

  Four Indians have been detained in Syria while trying to join the ISIS terror group, Syrian Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Walid Al Moualem said in New Delhi today.

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  Australian PM Tony Abbott to Talk Border Security on Turkey Trip

  Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Monday that he will use a trip to Turkey for Anzac Day commemorations to push Ankara for increased security on its border with Syria and Iraq.

• 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 ...

• Iran Hopes New Iraq Government Can Restore Calm

  Iran's President Hassan Rouhani welcomed Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi's new government on Wednesday, saying he hoped it would help turn the tide against Islamic State jihadists.

• Iraqi Parliament Approves New Government Headed by Haider al-Abadi

  Iraq's parliament approved a new government headed by Haider al-Abadi as prime minister on Monday night, in a bid to rescue Iraq from collapse, with sectarianism and Arab-Kurdish tensions on the rise.

• Britain Considering Arming, Training Kurdish Forces: David Cameron

  Britain said on Thursday it was considering arming Kurdish forces but Prime Minister David Cameron signalled he would not sanction U.K. airstrikes against Islamic State militants before a new Iraqi government is in place.

• Top Iraqi Cleric Backs New Premier, Calls For Unity

  Iraq's most influential cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, threw his weight on Friday behind the new prime minister, calling for national unity to contain sectarian bloodshed and an offensive by Islamic State militants that threatens Baghdad.

• 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.

• Nuri al-Maliki Refuses to Go As Iraqis Turn to New Leader

  An ever more isolated Nuri al-Maliki again protested his removal as Iraqi prime minister on Wednesday as his former sponsor in Iran publicly endorsed a successor who many in Baghdad hope can halt the advance of Sunni jihadists.

• 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.