Iraq sent police reinforcements Saturday to the Syrian border after last weekend's U.S. raid against an alleged al-Qaida hideout in Syria raised tension between the two countries, officials said. Police Col. Jubair Rashid Naief said a
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraqi forces arrested seven Syrian "terrorist" suspects at a checkpoint on Thursday near the city of Baquba, a hub of Al-Qaeda fighters, the Defence Ministry claimed. The "Iraqi army arrested seven
At least 17 people been killed by a car bomb in the Syrian capital Damascus, according to state television. A further 14 people, all of them civilians, are reported to have been wounded in the blast. Witnesses say security forces have
