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In this Sunday, May 17, 2015 photo, Iraqi Sunni tribal leaders demand that Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi sends forces to protect their city and regain Ramadi shortly after Iraqi security forces withdraw from the city following an advance by fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), during a press conference in Habaniyah town, 50 miles (80 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq. (AP Photo)
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Sunni volunteers carry weapons during a parade as they prepare to fight against ISIS militants, in the town of Amriyat Al-Falluja in Anbar province, January 8, 2015. (Reuters)
Iraqi parliament rejects US bill to “split Iraq”
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s parliament has rejected a proposal by the US Congress to bypass the Baghdad government and directly arm Sunni and Kurdish groups in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), with Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi...Caption:
Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari (L) walks with New Zealand Foreign Minister Murray McCully during a news conference in Baghdad March 23, 2015. (Reuters)
Iraqi FM welcomes Saudi efforts to reopen embassy in Baghdad
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s Foreign Minister Ibrahim Al-Jaafari praised Saudi Arabia’s “serious” efforts to reopen its embassy in Baghdad in a joint press conference he held with his New Zealand counterpart in the Iraqi capital on Monday. The Kingdom of Saudi...Caption:
Nineveh Governor Atheel Al-Nujaifi. (Asharq Al-Awsat)
No role for Iran, Turkey in Mosul offensive: Nineveh governor
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iran and Turkey will have no role in the imminent offensive to liberate Iraq’s second city Mosul from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the governor of Nineveh province told Asharq Al-Awsat on Tuesday. In answer to a question...Caption:
Iraqi Vice-President Osama Al-Nujaifi (R), Athil Al-Nujaifi, the governor of Mosul (C) and Iraqi Defense Minister Khalid Al-Obaidi visit a Kurdish Peshmerga position on the frontline in the Gwer, Iraq, on January 9, 2015. (AFP Photo/Safin Hamed)