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This file photo shows a worker walking on an oil pipeline at the Khurmala oil field on the outskirts of the city of Erbil, in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, on December 4, 2013. (Reuters/Stringer)
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Former British prime minister Tony Blair meets with troops in Basra, Iraq, on May 29, 2003. (AFP Photo/Pool/Stefan Rousseau)
Outcry in Britain over delayed Iraq war report
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The delay of a long-awaited official report on the British government’s decision to join the US-led war with Iraq in 2003 sparked outcry among legislators and political activists on Wednesday. In a letter addressed to the British Prime Minister...Caption:
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters monitor the area from their front line position in Bashiqa, a town 13 kilometres north-east of Mosul on August 16, 2014. (AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)
Peshmerga seeking greater independence from Baghdad: commander
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Kurdish Peshmerga forces are moving towards greater independence from the central government Baghdad, Peshmerga Ministry Secretary-General Lt. Gen. Jabbar Yawar said earlier this week. In comments to Asharq Al-Awsat, Yawar said: “We are...Caption:
Israeli police stand at the scene of an attack after a Palestinian man stabbed passengers on a Tel Aviv bus on January 21, 2015.
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Palestinian attacker stabs passengers on Tel Aviv bus
Jerusalem, AP—A Palestinian man stabbed nine people on a bus in central Tel Aviv on Wednesday, wounding four of them seriously before he was chased down, shot and arrested by Israeli police in an attack praised by the Islamic militant Hamas group. The assault,...Caption:
Houthi fighters wearing army uniforms stand guard on a street leading to the presidential palace in Sana’a, Yemen, on January 21, 2015. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)