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ISIS militants with a captured Iraqi Army Humvee at a checkpoint outside Beiji refinery, in June 2014 (AP Photo)

Iraqi prime minister shakes up military high-command

by Hamza Mustafa | Sep 24, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi Prime Minster Haider Al-Abadi launched a major re-organization of Iraq’s top military leadership on Tuesday, in a step many observers say was aimed at defusing growing public anger over Iraqi military defeats at the hands of radical...

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Iraq’s new Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi speaks to Iraqi lawmakers before submitting his government in Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, September 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, Pool)

National Alliance deadlocked over candidates for Interior Ministry

by Hamza Mustafa | Sep 16, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Political wrangling over the remaining unfilled posts in Iraq’s new government continued on Monday, as reports suggested members of the country’s main Shi’ite political bloc remained at loggerheads over their preferred candidate for interior...

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Members of the Iraqi security forces are pictured during a patrol looking for militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) on the outskirts of Haditha, in Iraq, on September 9, 2014. (Reuters/Osama Al-Dulaimi)

ISIS withdrawing from Anbar: Local official

by Hamza Mustafa | Sep 15, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is adopting new tactics in anticipation of impending air strikes by the US-led coalition, an expert on armed groups has told Asharq Al-Awsat, at the same time that authorities in the Sunni-dominated...

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From R-L, Nuri Al-Maliki, Midhat Al-Mahmoud, Osama Al-Nujaifi and Iyad Allawi are seen during a swearing-in ceremony in Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, September 8, 2014. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraq: No agreement on interior and defense ministers

by Hamza Mustafa | Sep 11, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s foremost Sunni and Shi’ite political blocs remain unable to reach a compromise over filling the defense and interior ministerial portfolios, as resentment continues to build among Iraqi Sunnis over Nuri Al-Maliki’s...

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Iraq’s new Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi (R) and Ammar Al-Hakim, leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI), meet during the session to approve the new government in Baghdad, Iraq, on September 8, 2014. (Reuters/Hadi Mizban/Pool)

Iraq: Abadi faces tough choices in filling key jobs

by Hamza Mustafa | Sep 10, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—After successfully managing to form a government on Monday, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi faces a difficult week of talks with the Shi’ite National Alliance and Sunni Iraqi Forces Alliance to agree on names for the interior and defense...