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Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki speaks during a news conference with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Baghdad on January 13, 2014. (Reuters/Ahmed Saad)

Iraqi government disavows Maliki comments on Saudi Arabia

by Hamza Mustafa | Jul 23, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad and Jeddah, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Iraqi leadership on Wednesday distanced itself from comments made by Nuri Al-Maliki, Iraq’s former prime minister and current vice president, in which he referred to Saudi Arabia as a “sponsor and supporter of terrorism.” The...

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Armed Iraqi Shi’ite fighters from the Popular Mobilization units, supporting the Iraqi government forces, guard a position during clashes with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group’s militants on July 15, 2015 in the town of Saqlawiya on the outskirts of Fallujah (AFP Photo/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)

Fears ISIS could commit “genocide” in Fallujah as Iraqi government’s Anbar operation begins

by Hamza Mustafa | Jul 15, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Iraqi High Commission for Human Rights (IHCHR) has warned that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) plans to commit “genocide” against civilians and government troops in the central Iraqi city of Fallujah, as the Iraqi government’s...

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File photo of Saudi Arabian ambassador to Iraq Thamer Al-Sabhan. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Saudi Arabia appoints first ambassador to Iraq in 25 years

by Hamza Mustafa | Jun 3, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saudi Arabia has appointed Thamer Al-Sabhan as its ambassador to Iraq—he is the first Saudi ambassador to Iraq in a quarter of a century. Sabhan was confirmed as Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Baghdad in a ceremony at the royal palace in Jeddah...

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Nineveh Governor Atheel Al-Nujaifi. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Iraq: Nineveh governor sacked following ISIS advances

by Hamza Mustafa | May 29, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Against the backdrop of the ongoing advance of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in eastern Nineveh governorate in Iraq, a political storm has broken out that resulted in the dismissal of Nineveh governor Atheel Al-Nujaifi on...

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Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr delivers a speech from the southern Iraqi city of Najaf on February 18, 2014. (AFP Photo/Haidar Hamdani)

Iraq: Sadr vows to protect Shi’ite holy sites from ISIS

by Hamza Mustafa | May 20, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Powerful Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr has vowed to protect all Shi’ite holy shrines in the country following threats purportedly made by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi. In an audio...