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Kuwait’s Foreign Minister Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah speaks during a news conference with his Iraqi counterpart Ibrahim Al-Jaafari (R) in Baghdad, on October 19, 2014. (REUTERS/Ahmed Saad)

Arab League vows support for Iraq against ISIS

by Hamza Mustafa | Oct 20, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Arab league Secretary-General Nabil Elaraby said the organization and its members would “defend all countries against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) advance” on Sunday, on a visit to Iraq’s capital. Speaking at a...

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Members of the Iraqi parliament attend a parliamentary vote of confidence at the Iraqi parliament in Baghdad, Iraq, 08 September 2014. (EPA/Ali Abbas)

Iraq parliament approves new Defense, Interior ministers

by Hamza Mustafa | Oct 19, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi lawmakers on Saturday approved the appointment of Khaled Al-Obeidi as Iraqi Defense Minister and Mohamed Al-Ghabban as Interior Minister, ending a political stalemate that had threatened to disrupt Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi’s new...

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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi addresses members of the UN Security Council, Wednesday, September 24, 2014, at UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Iraq PM says Baghdad safe from ISIS advance

by Hamza Mustafa | Oct 16, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi dismissed fears of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) advancing into the capital Baghdad during a speech to a graduating class of military officer cadets in the city of Nasiriyah in southern Iraq on...

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Smoke plumes are visible over buildings in the Iraqi town of Hit, in western Anbar province, 85 miles (140 km) west of Baghdad.
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Iraq: ISIS advances in Anbar, stalls in Salah Al-Din

by Hamza Mustafa | Oct 14, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Despite suffering setbacks elsewhere in Iraq, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) continues to advance in the country’s western Anbar province. ISIS seized an Iraqi military camp in Hit on Monday, around 90 miles (150 kilometers) from...

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A member of the Iraqi security force searches a man at a checkpoint in Ramadi, on October 12, 2014. (Reuters/Stringer)

Iraq: Curfew declared in Ramadi following police chief killing

by Hamza Mustafa | Oct 13, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Authorities in the Iraqi province of Anbar have declared a total curfew in all public areas in its capital of Ramadi “until further notice,” after the province’s police chief was killed in a bomb attack on Sunday. An improvised explosive...