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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)


Sunni Anbar tribes wary of cooperation with US

Sunni Anbar tribes wary of cooperation with US

Baghdad and Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The heads of two prominent Sunni Anbar tribes expressed unease about the prospect of cooperating with the US against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on Wednesday, and repeated calls for the Iraqi government to support them...
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Masked Sunni protesters wave Islamist flags while others chant slogans at an anti-government rally in Fallujah on April 26, 2013.
(AP Photo)


Fallujah: A Tale of Two Cities

Fallujah: A Tale of Two Cities

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—On the surface, the city of Fallujah, which remains completely under the control of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), appears to be a ghost-town. However a closer look at Anbar province’s second-largest city reveals that the...
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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)


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Sunni tribesmen take part in military training, as they prepare to fight against militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on the outskirts of Ramadi, west of Baghdad, on November 16, 2014. (Reuters/Ali Al-Mashhadani)


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Iraqi President Fuad Masoum (center R) meets with a number of Arab ambassadors to Riyadh, on November 12, 2014 , during an official visit to Saudi Arabia (SPA)