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Tribal fighters take part in military training to prepare for fighting against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants, at the Ain Al-Assad military base in Iraq’s Anbar province, on November 15, 2014. (Reuters)

Iraqi forces retake Anbar town from ISIS

by Hamza Mustafa | Dec 22, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi army, police and tribal forces have succeeded in liberating a town in Iraq’s western Anbar province from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), where the group has a strong presence, on Sunday. In a statement, a government spokesman...

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In this Monday, July 7, 2014 file photo, people shop at a market in the northern city of Mosul, Iraq. (AP Photo, File)

Mosul: A city living in fear

by Manaf Al-Obaidi | Dec 22, 2014 | Features

Mosul, Asharq Al-Awsat—Two hundred and fifty miles (400 kilometers) to the north of Baghdad lies Mosul, the capital of Nineveh province, Iraq’s second largest in terms of population and its economy. Despite currently being occupied by the Islamic State of Iraq and...

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Egyptian President Sisi (R) receives Qatari envoy Sheikh Mohammed Bin Abdul Rahman Al Thani and the head of the Saudi Royal Court Khalid Al-Tuwaijiri in Cairo on December 21, 2014 (Egyptian presidency)

Opinion: The Winners and Losers in the Qatari–Egyptian Accords

by Salman Al-dossary | Dec 22, 2014 | Opinion

With the exception of the 369 days during which the former Egyptian president and senior Muslim Brotherhood member, Mohamed Mursi, held the reins of power in Egypt, relations between Cairo and Doha have in recent years been strained to say the least. This relationship...

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Residents gather to protest near the house of prominent Sunni Muslim lawmaker Ahmed al-Alwani, in the centre of Ramadi, on December 29, 2013. (Reuters/Ali al-Mashhadani)

Opinion: Alwani’s execution will fuel sectarianism

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Dec 22, 2014 | Opinion

There is a widespread conviction among the majority of Sunnis in Iraq that Iraqi MP Ahmed Al-Alwani’s death sentence was rooted in sectarianism of Nuri Al-Maliki’s government, which persecuted many of its opponents. Maliki’s government accused all those it saw as...