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Iraqi Shi’ite militiamen aim their weapons during clashes with ISIS, in Jurf Al-Sakhr, about 43 miles (70 km) southwest of Baghdad, Iraq, on October 7, 2014. (AP Photo)

Opinion: Iraq could become a quagmire for Iran

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jan 14, 2015 | Opinion

A recent Associated Press report investigated Iran’s growing domination of Iraq under the cover of supporting it against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) organization. According to the sources quoted in the report, the Iranians have sold Iraq nearly 10...

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Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi (2nd R) talks next to Coptic Pope Tawadros II as he attends Christmas Eve Mass at St. Mark’s Cathedral, the seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope in Cairo, on January 6, 2015. (Reuters/ Al-Yawm Al-Saba’a Newspaper)

Opinion: A Seismic Shift in Egyptian Public Opinion

by Ali Ibrahim | Jan 14, 2015 | Opinion

Financial markets experts are well aware that psychological factors can sometimes play a marked role in the movements of the markets, whether positive or negative. Such factors are usually characterized by how much confidence there is among traders and fund managers...

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Fouad Masoum, Iraq’s newly elected president, speaks during a news conference in Baghdad, July 24, 2014. (REUTERS/Ahmed Saad)

Iraq’s president and parliamentary speaker discuss national unity plan

by Hamza Mustafa | Jan 14, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi President Fuad Masoum and Parliament Speaker Salim Al-Jabouri met on Tuesday in Baghdad to discuss a comprehensive national unity and reconciliation plan to bring together Iraq’s disparate ethnic and confessional communities....