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Iraqi soldiers seen in towns recaptured from ISIS in Diyala province, north of Baghdad (AFP Photo/Younis Al-Bayati)

Fears of inter-Shi’ite Strife in Iraq’s Diyala

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 29, 2016 | Middle East

Diyala –Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has sent an elite force to Diyala governorate after several armed fights erupted between tribes in Abu Saida area. Heavy and medium weapons were used in the clashes that led to the death and injury of several people. An...

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Landscapes of Iraqi Poetry: Reconfiguring the Image of Iraq in
the Arabic (and American) Lyric Canon

Myth of Centres and Margins

by Fadel al-Sultani | Aug 29, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture

Do ranks still exist in our Arab culture as they were in the sixties and seventies? Are Cairo, Baghdad, and Beirut still the centres of that past blissful time, and are the margins that once included other Arab countries like the Gulf and Morocco, still the same? Even...

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King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa leaves Turkey (BNA)

Turkish Premier: Ankara’s Support to Bahrain will Last Forever

by Said Abdul Razzak | Aug 29, 2016 | Middle East

Ankara-Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said that his country would continue to support Bahrain’s efforts to preserve its internal security. The Turkish premier met with Bahrain King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa on Sunday in Ciragan Palace in Istanbul. The meeting...

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A woman walks past the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad’s Sadr City, June 18, 2014. REUTERS/Wissm al-Okili

Baghdad Disregards Plots to Assassinate Saudi Ambassador

by Asharq Al-Awsat and Hamza Mustafa | Aug 29, 2016 | Middle East, Saudi Arabia

Riyadh, Baghdad-Saudi Arabia’s Ambassador to Iraq Thamer al-Sabhan said the Kingdom would always support Iraq’s Arabism, in response to Iraqi government’s call to replace Sabhan as he accused Iranian-backed militias of trying to assassinate him. During a phone...

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Shi’ite militants battling ISIS in Iraq’s northern Tikrit claim a patch of ground. REUTERS/Stringer

Iranian Groups in Europe Active in Recruiting Syria, Iraq Fighters

by Nayef Al-Rasheed | Aug 29, 2016 | Middle East

Riyadh-An official at the European Ahwazi Human Rights Organization (EAHRO) has said that the Iranian regime continues to recruit foreign militants to fight alongside militias in Iraq and Syria. The official said that the recruitment process is carried out in Europe,...