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Fouad Masoum, Iraq’s newly elected president, speaks during a news conference in Baghdad, July 24, 2014. (REUTERS/Ahmed Saad)

Iraqi President Fuad Masoum renounces British nationality

by Hamza Mustafa | Dec 29, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi President Fuad Masoum has completed the final legal procedures formally renouncing his British nationality and citizenship in line with the requirements of the Iraqi constitution, which stipulates that “sovereign officials” cannot hold...

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

Iraq: Allawi proposes “roadmap” to defeat sectarianism

by Hamza Mustafa | Dec 23, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi Vice-President Iyad Allawi proposed a national unity initiative to the country’s president, prime minister, speaker of parliament, and head of judiciary, on Monday, warning that he saw it as “the last chance” to prevent the country from...

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Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jabir Al-Sabah (center R) meets with Iraqi prime minister Haider Al-Abadi (center L) in Kuwait City on December 21, 2014 (KUNA)

Abadi concludes Kuwait visit

by Hamza Mustafa | Dec 22, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad and Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi wrapped up a one-day visit to the Kuwaiti capital on Sunday, after meeting with the Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmed Al-Jabir Al-Sabah, to discuss efforts to combat the Islamic State of Iraq...

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Tribal fighters take part in military training to prepare for fighting against Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) militants, at the Ain Al-Assad military base in Iraq’s Anbar province, on November 15, 2014. (Reuters)

Iraqi forces retake Anbar town from ISIS

by Hamza Mustafa | Dec 22, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi army, police and tribal forces have succeeded in liberating a town in Iraq’s western Anbar province from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), where the group has a strong presence, on Sunday. In a statement, a government spokesman...

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Iraqi security forces are deployed during a military operation to regain control of the villages around the town of Beiji, north of Baghdad, Iraq, on December 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

ISIS could retake Iraqi oil refinery town: MP

by Hamza Mustafa | Dec 21, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Iraqi city of Baiji is in danger of falling back into the hands of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), according to an Iraqi MP, less than one month after it was liberated by the Iraqi army from the clutches of the extremist group....