The United Arab Emirates canceled all its Iraqi debt Sunday and moved to restore a full diplomatic mission in Baghdad by naming a new...

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Khalifa bin Zayed al Nahyan (left) told Nouri al-Maliki the debt would be forgiven and he offered to help rebuild shrines. (emirates news agency via Associated Press) BAGHDAD - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki traveled yesterday to the United...
The visit of Prime Minister Nuri Al Maliki to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates has been rewarding on more than a level as the country’s President Sheikh Khalifa Ben Zayed cancelled all Iraq’s debts. According to the Emirates’ News Agency,...
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Has Iraq turned a corner in the Arab world as well?  After years of inaction, the United Arab Emirates has , and welcomed the Maliki government into the fractious band of what had been an exclusively Sunni club.  The action’s impact goes beyond the...
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The United Arab Emirates canceled all its Iraqi debt Sunday and moved to restore a full diplomatic mission in Baghdad by naming a new ambassador. It's part of a recent warming between Iraq's Shiite-led...