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President Bashar al-Assad’s regime held parliamentary elections in early May in an effort to create a narrative of democratic transition and to offer fence-sitters the belief that peaceful reform was possible.
Sadr To Soleimani: Leave My Home, Maliki’s Cabinet Tour Leaves Mosul,Iraqiyya Defectors Cry Foul
Hashemi Trial Begins, Mutlaq Returning To Cabinet Sessions,15-Day Ultimatum Ends
This week, negotiators from the United States, Britain, Russia, China, France, and Germany gathered in Baghdad to continue discussions with Iranian negotiators over Iran’s nuclear program.
Efforts To Remove Maliki Intensify, MP Withdraws From Maliki’s Coalition, Sadr Turns Heads
Last weekend in Chicago, NATO leaders reached a landmark agreement to put the Western alliance on an "irreversible" path out of the decade-long war in Afghanistan and re-affirmed their commitment to withdraw combat forces by the end of 2014.
U.S. President Barack Obama met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday to discuss the role of international forces in Afghanistan over the next two years.
As expected, issues relating to the war in Afghanistan are front and center on the first day of the NATO Chicago Summit.
On Sunday, gunmen assassinated Maulvi Arsala Rahmani, a top negotiator for Afghanistan’s High Peace Council (HPC) in Kabul.
Iraq’s Post-Withdrawal Crisis, Update 21 May 4, 2012-May 11, 2012