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Saleh Al-Mutlaq, an Iraqi Sunni lawmaker who was disqualified from running in March’s parliamentary elections by the Justice and Accountability Commission for alleged links to Saddam Hussain’s outlawed Ba’ath Party, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Baghdad, Iraq on February 12, 2010. (Reuters/Thaier al-Sudani)
by Manaf Al-Obaidi | Dec 24, 2014 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s National Guard project will go ahead, despite opposition from some domestic political parties, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Saleh Al-Mutlaq said. In a broad-ranging interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Mutlaq criticized the time it is taking...
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This May 27, 2011 file photo shows American Journalist James Foley as he poses for a photo in Boston, USA. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 24, 2014 | Media
New York, AP—At least 60 journalists around the world were killed in 2014 while on the job or because of their work, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said Tuesday, making the past three years the deadliest for journalists since the organization began keeping...
