VOA常速英语2017--伊拉克库尔德斯坦地区面临政治过渡期

The United States commends the decision of Masoud Barzani not to seek an additional term as President of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region. The U.S. also supports the vote of the Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament to distribute presidential authorities to other Kur

VOA常速英语2016--国际社会为伊拉克募集援助资金

国际社会为伊拉克募集援助资金 More than 2 billion dollars in new money was raised for the people of Iraq at a recent donors'conference jointly hosted by Canada, Germany, Japan, Kuwait, the Netherlands, and theUnited States. The funds wil

VOA双语新闻---美国副总统拜登撤军前突访伊拉克

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden has made Tuesday a previously unannounced visit to Iraq. The vice president has been meeting with Iraqi leaders, about a month before a deadline for U.S. forces to withdraw from the country. 美国副总统拜登星期二对

VOA常速英语2014--叙利亚石油资助伊拉克激进组织

Syrian Oil Finances ISIL Militants in Iraq 叙利亚石油资助伊拉克激进组织 LONDON The Sunni militant group that has taken over a large area of Iraq has financed its operations in part through an unlikely alliance with one of its enemies -

VOA常速英语2014--奥巴马权衡化解伊拉克危机方案

Obama Weighs in on Iraq Crisis 奥巴马权衡化解伊拉克危机方案 WASHINGTON President Barack Obama continues to rule out sending U.S. combat forces to Iraq, while voicing concern about Sunni militants who have seized large swaths of territor

VOA常速英语2014--美国继续参与伊拉克事务

US Engagement in Iraq Continues美国继续参与伊拉克事务 Western engagement continues to intensify in Iraq, where the United States and Britain are delivering humanitarian supplies while U.S. air strikes target radical Sunni militants. Airdro

VOA常速英语2016--美国帮助伊拉克清除两伊战争残余炸弹

美国帮助伊拉克清除两伊战争残余炸弹 As Iraqi armed forces and their Global Coalition allies continue to uproot ISIL from the territoryit once occupied, the scope of the devastation in Iraq is becoming more clear. Since 2014,over 3.3 m

VOA双语新闻：美国正式结束在伊拉克的战争使命

At a colorful ceremony in one of Saddam Hussein's old palaces outside Baghdad, the U.S. military formally ended its combat role in Iraq and passed command of the remaining 50,000 American troops to a new four-star general. 在巴格达郊外萨达姆原

VOA双语新闻：联合国安理会敦促伊拉克尽快组建

U.S. troops will begin their drawdown in Iraq at the end of this month, but there still is no government in place and violence is on the rise. On Wednesday, the U.N. Security Council urged Iraq's recently-elected legislature to form a government quic

VOA双语新闻：克林顿访问伊拉克评估安全局势

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, making her first visit to Iraq as America's top diplomatic officer, has been meeting with U.S. military commanders, as well as top Iraqi leaders, to assess the situation. 美国国务卿希拉里.克林顿首次

VOA双语新闻：布什会见伊拉克总统讨论许多议题

U.S. President George Bush has met with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani at the White House. The outlook for an agreement on the future nature of the American presence in Iraq was among the many issues discussed. 美国总统布什在白宫会见了伊拉

英语听力：自然百科 伊拉克古物重现原貌

The same technology used to make prosthetic limbs is now being used to clone some of the world's earliest manuscripts from Mesopotamia, an area near modern-day Iraq. When the US invaded Iraq in 2003, thousands of artifacts were stolen from museums in

VOA双语新闻：奥巴马将平衡伊拉克和阿富汗问题

President-elect Barack Obama has said that very soon after his inauguration on Tuesday he will meet with top U.S. military leaders to discuss priorities. During the election campaign he said he would give the military a new mission in Iraq. But prior

VOA双语新闻 ---赖斯促阿拉伯国家加强伊拉克关系

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she will push Iraq's Arab neighbors to boost diplomatic relations and other ties with Baghdad as a counter-weight to Iranian influence. Rice leaves Saturday on a mission to the Gulf including an Iraq neig

VOA双语新闻 --- 伊拉克总理促萨德尔解除民兵武装

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has warned influential Shiite-militia leader Moqtada al-Sadr to disarm his militia or suffer being banned from elections and politics. This was the first time the prime minister singled out al-Sadr's Mahdi Army. 伊

VOA双语新闻：美防长希望从伊拉克撤出更多美军

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he hopes to pull more American troops out of Iraq after a brief pause in withdrawals in July or August. Gates made his comments en route to Australia, which he says will continue to play a military role in Ira

VOA双语新闻 - 伊拉克议会批准外国军队驻留议案

The speaker of Iraq's parliament has resigned, paving the way for lawmakers to authorize British and other non-U.S. foreign troops to remain in the country into 2009. 伊拉克议会议长辞职，为议员们授权英国和其它非美国的外国军队

VOA双语新闻：伊拉克大使称伊仍需美重建援助

Iraq's ambassador to the United States says his country still needs U.S. reconstruction assistance, despite large Iraqi fiscal surpluses driven by record-high oil prices. In Washington the ambassador spoke on U.S. television. 伊拉克驻美国大使苏

VOA双语新闻：美军事指挥官对伊拉克前途乐观

The commander of multi-national forces in Iraq's northern provinces reports significant progress in the battle against terrorists and insurgents, allowing the region to turn its attention to economic matters and other concerns. 驻伊拉克北部各省

VOA双语新闻：美希望尽快把安全责任移交伊拉克

The U.S. Defense Department says it wants to turn over security responsibility to Iraqi forces as quickly as possible, but that the timing should be based on conditions. A spokesman repeated the position Tuesday in response to a statement by Iraq's p