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A handout picture released by Iraqi Prime Minister’s office on August 27, 2015 shows Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi (C) and Defense Minister Khaled Al-Obeidi (C-R) attending the funeral in Baghdad of the deputy head of the Anbar Operations Command, Staff Major General Abdulrahman Abu Raghif, and 10th Division commander Staff Brigadier General Safin Abdulmajid, after they were both killed in a suicide attack in the Anbar province. (AFP PHOTO / HO / IRAQI PRIME MINISTER’S OFFICE)

US embassy in Baghdad foiled two assassination attempts on PM Abadi, says Iraqi official

by Hamza Mustafa | Sep 22, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad and London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The United States embassy in Baghdad has recently foiled two assassination attempts on Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi, a senior government official has said, hinting that they may have been prompted by what he described as the...

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Iraqi Vice-President Iyad Allawi speaks to reporters in Baghdad, Iraq, on December 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraq: Former VP Allawi calls for Abadi’s removal

by Hamza Mustafa | Sep 21, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad and London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s former vice president Iyad Allawi, whose post was canceled by Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi, has called for Iraqi MPs to remove the PM. Abadi canceled Iraq’s three vice president posts in August as part of a drive to weed...

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From R-L, Nuri Al-Maliki, Midhat Al-Mahmoud, Osama Al-Nujaifi and Iyad Allawi are seen during a swearing-in ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, September 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraq: Maliki, Nujaifi say PM’s decision to cancel vice president posts “unconstitutional”

by Hamza Mustafa | Sep 1, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Two of Iraq’s three outgoing vice presidents say Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi’s decision to cancel their posts is unconstitutional. In exclusive comments to Asharq Al-Awsat, Osama Al-Nujaifi, one of the three vice president post-holders,...

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Protesters chant anti-government slogans as they carry a large national flag in a main square in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Iraq: PM facing calls to sever ties with party, declare state of emergency

by Hamza Mustafa | Aug 24, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi is facing calls to sever his links to the Islamic Da’wa Party. Several Iraqi lawmakers have also called on Abadi to declare a state of emergency in the country and freeze its current constitution. The...

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This file picture taken on June 23, 2014 shows former Iraqi prime minister Nuri Al-Maliki meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry (unseen) at the Prime Minister’s Office in Baghdad. (AFP Photo/Pool/Brendan Smialowski)

Iraq: Ex-PM Maliki rejects Mosul report findings

by Hamza Mustafa | Aug 19, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Former Iraqi prime minister Nuri Al-Maliki on Tuesday rejected a report implicating him in the fall of Iraq’s second city Mosul to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in June 2014. In a post on his official Facebook page, Maliki said...