Iraq targets 4.5 million barrels a day for 2014
BAGHDAD (AP) -- A senior Iraqi official on Wednesday said his country expects to ramp up oil production to 4.5 million barrels per day by the end of next year from around 3.5 million barrels now, thanks to work by a handful of international oil companies developing the country's prized oil and gas fields....

Iraq increasingly drawn into Syrian battlefield
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Signs are growing that stretches of Iraq and Syria are morphing into a single battlefield for militants, exacerbating Iraq's slide into renewed deadly chaos a year and a half after U.S. troops pulled out....

Iraqi Shiite fighters' Syria role raises tensions
BAGHDAD (AP) -- The Iraqi Shiite fighter's family is urging him to stop risking his life by traveling to Syria, saying he's done his part defending the holy shrine of Sayida Zeinab outside Damascus. Abu Mohammed al-Moussawi isn't listening....

Kuwait telecom Zain takes step on Iraq IPO plans
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Kuwaiti telecommunications provider Zain says it will set up a holding company for its Iraq operations as it prepares to sell a stake in the division to the public....