U.S. military to hand over Iraq's Anbar province next week (AP)

Al-Qaida leaving Iraq for Afghanistan, says Iraqi ambassador...
AP - Al-Qaida's foreign fighters who have for years bedeviled Iraq are increasingly going to Afghanistan to fight instead, the Iraqi ambassador to...

Ambassador: Al-Qaida leaving Iraq for Afghanistan (AP)
AP - Al-Qaida's foreign fighters who have for years bedeviled Iraq are increasingly going to Afghanistan to fight instead, the Iraqi ambassador to...

Deal allows for Senate vote on war funding (AP)
AP - The Senate is slated to vote Thursday on providing $165 billion to fund Pentagon operations in Iraq and Afghanistan until the new administration...

U.S. urges NATO allies to back 5-year Afghan plan (Reuters)
Reuters - The United States is urging NATO allies at a summit next month to sign up to a five-year plan stepping up efforts to end the insurgency in...

Iraq's government approves security pact with US (AP)
AP - Iraq's Cabinet overwhelmingly approved a security pact with the United States on Sunday, ending prolonged negotiations to allow American forces...