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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki gives a joint press conference with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon (unseen) in Baghdad about the situation in Iraq and Syria on January 13, 2014. (AFP/Ahmed Saad)

Iraq: Maliki’s call for state of emergency splits politicians

by Hamza Mustafa | Jun 12, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Calls from Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki on Tuesday for a state of emergency to be declared have split lawmakers across the political spectrum, as Al-Qaeda–linked fighters continue to make rapid strategic gains across the country. The...

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Students of Anbar University leave the university building in Ramadi city, west of Iraq, on June 7, 2014 after gunmen stormed the university building and clashed with Iraqi forces. (EPA/STR)

Iraqi university students freed following ISIS attack

by Hamza Mustafa | Jun 8, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi security forces have freed thousands of students and staff from Anbar University, following an attack on its campus in Ramadi by Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters on Saturday. Reports said armed men blew up the university...

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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki casting his vote at a polling station in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone on April 30, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / ALI AL-SAADI)

Iraq: Key Shi’ite coalitions urge withdrawal of Maliki’s bid for third premiership

by Hamza Mustafa | Jun 5, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Rival Shi’ite political blocs have reiterated their strong opposition to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki’s bid for a third term in office, amid claims by each side that they secured the majority required to form a government. The...

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Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks during a news conference with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Baghdad on January 13, 2014. (Reuters/Ahmed Saad)

Iraq PM calls for “jihad” against Anbar jihadists

by Hamza Mustafa | May 29, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi Prime Minster Nuri Al-Maliki called for “jihad” against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Iraq’s restive western Anbar province on Wednesday, pledging to crush the Islamist insurgency before the Muslim holy month of Ramadan...

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The president of Iraq’s autonomous Kurdish region, Massoud Barzani, leaves the Elysée Palace in Paris on May 23, 2014, after a meeting with the French President.
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Barzani threatens referendum in Kurdistan if Maliki gets third term

by Hamza Mustafa | May 27, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The president of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, Massoud Barzani, threatened on Monday to hold a referendum on renegotiating the autonomous region’s relationship with Baghdad if incumbent Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki wins a third term in...