Jul 22nd, 2008 · Barack Obama had a fruitful day of meetings Monday in Iraq with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and top U.S. commander Gen. David Petraeus. The presumptive Democratic presidential nominee is expected Tuesday in Jordan.
Jul 21st, 2008 · The presumed Democratic presidential nominee met Monday with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and senior U.S. and Iraqi officials in Iraq. But Sudarsan Raghavan, the Washington Post's Baghdad bureau chief, says Obama reporters with no details of his discussions.
May 30th, 2008 · Sweden hosted an international conference on rebuilding Iraq on Thursday. Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki called on foreign countries to forgive Iraq's debts. Joost Hiltermann of the International Crisis Group talks about the meeting.
May 2nd, 2008 · Iraqi Army helicopters dropped hundreds of leaflets with a message from Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to Sadr City on Thursday night. The leaflets ask citizens to support government efforts to quell the insurgency there. "We do urge everyone to do his responsibility and participate in imposing law," the note says.
Apr 22nd, 2008 · The United States is urging Iraq's Arab neighbors to reopen their embassies in Baghdad. Most countries have refused to send ambassadors back to the Iraqi capital, because of poor security and political differences with the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a former U.S. diplomat says.
Mar 27th, 2008 · Despite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's warning Wednesday to Shiite gunmen, they continue to battle Iraqi forces in Basra and other southern cities Thursday. The Baghdad neighborhood of Sadr City is also the scene of sporadic fighting.
Sep 7th, 2007 · In an exclusive interview with NPR, the official who headed Baghdad's anti-corruption watchdog alleges that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki interfered with his agency's work and tolerated bribery and cronyism in his Cabinet.
Sep 1st, 2007 · A State Department report obtained by NPR gives fresh evidence of entrenched corruption in the Iraqi government. The report finds that the government of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is not only failing to stop officials from committing crimes, it's hindering its own watchdog agency from conducting investigations.