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Iraqi Shiite fighters, members of Iraq’s Popular Mobilization units backing the government, fire Howitzer Cannons towards ISIS positions on March 7, 2015. (AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)


Iraq preparing for Tikrit offensive

Iraq preparing for Tikrit offensive

Salah Al-Din, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi forces have completely cut off Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) communication and supply lines to Tikrit ahead of an expected offensive to retake the city, Lt. Gen. Abdul Amir Al-Zaidi told Asharq Al-Awsat. The Iraqi general,...
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n this Wednesday, March 4, 2015 photo, Iraqi army soldiers and volunteers prepare to launch mortar shells and rockets against Islamic State militant positions outside Tikrit, 80 miles (130 kilometers) north of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo)


Opinion: The Tikrit Question

Opinion: The Tikrit Question

A conflict with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Iraq was always an inevitability because there are only two possible outcomes: Either you chase them, or they chase you. There is no border demarcation, and no one recognizes the authority of the other....
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French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius (L) and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speak as they arrive for a meeting at the French Foreign Affairs Ministry in Paris, March 7, 2015. (Reuters/Etienne Laurent)


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File photo of Joint Meeting Party official Mohamed Nagi Allou. (Asharq Al-Awsat)


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A Shi’ite Houthi rebel walks along a street in Sanaa October 16, 2014. (REUTERS/Mohamed Al-Sayaghi)


Opinion: Saudi Arabia is surrounded on two sides

Opinion: Saudi Arabia is surrounded on two sides

We have hard many warnings, from different parties, that Yemen is on the brink of a devastating civil war. After seizing control of the capital Sana’a and several other strategic areas, including seaports and airports, the Houthi militia is now preparing to take over...