More than a year after the fatal shootings of 17 Iraqi civilians, five decorated military veterans who were Blackwater Worldwide security guards are headed to court in a case that strained diplomatic ties and raised the level of anti-Americanism in Baghdad. ...more

December 6, 2008

Hundreds of Iranian students bused in for the occasion burned U.S. and Israeli flags and chanted slogans Monday in front of the former U.S. embassy in Tehran, commemorating the 29th anniversary of the Iranian hostage crisis. In 1979, militant Iranian students who believed the embassy was a center of plots against the Persian country held 52 Americans hostage for 444 days. The United States severed diplomatic ties in response, and the two countries have not had formal relations since. ...more

November 4, 2008

France's president said Saturday that Syria and Lebanon will open embassies in each other's countries for the first time. But Syria's leader cautioned there is still work to be done before that can happen. ...more

July 13, 2008

The United Arab Emirates announced Thursday it will name an ambassador to Baghdad in the coming days, the first Arab country to restore full diplomatic ties to Iraq since the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime. ...more

June 6, 2008