Congress split on keeping Iraq together - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Jul 23, 2014

U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (C) and U.S. Rep. William Delahunt (R) are joined by World Uighur Congress President Rebiya Kadeer (L) as they hold a news conference to introduce a U.S. House resolution about the Uighur protests while outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, July 10, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES POLITICS) - RTR25J6S — US Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (C) speaks at a news conference outside the US Capitol in Washington, July 10, 2009. — REUTERS/Larry Downing

Congress weighs arming Iraqi Kurds

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Committee chairman Rep. Ed Royce (R-CA) speaks during a hearing of the Foreign Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill June 2, 2015 in Washington, DC. The committee held the hearing to hear from four family members of Americans held in in Iran. AFP PHOTO/BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI (Photo credit should read BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images)

House panel decries Islamic State genocide

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Supporters of Iranian opposition group Mujahedin-e Khalq (MEK) hold flags showing Maryam Rajavi, head of the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), as they rally against Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki hours before he is scheduled to meet with U.S. President Barack Obama, at the White House in Washington, November 1, 2013. The MEK fought on the side of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, mounting attacks on Iran from Iraq, and are calling for the U.S. to hold Ir

MEK leader to testify before Congress

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A part of a church is seen amid the damage in the government-controlled area of the Old City of Aleppo, Syria December 10, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki - RTX2UEEY

Syria sanctions bill sparks renewed debate over Assad and Christians

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