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demonstrators chant pro-Islamic State group slogans as they wave the group’s flags in front of the provincial government headquarters in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq in June 2014. (AP)

Opinion: Enduring Misguided Western Policies . . . Again

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Apr 27, 2015 | Opinion

When, in 2003, the US and the UK decided to attack Iraq, bring down its regime, destroy its security and military apparatuses and cleanse its political life of what remained of the Ba’ath Party, their plan was met with reservations from the international...

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The National Heritage Museum in Baghdad, Iraq. Inset left, some of the objects on display at the museum. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Baghdad’s National Heritage Museum reopens

by Afrah Shawqi | Nov 18, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—The National Heritage Museum in the Iraqi capital Baghdad is reopening after having been closed for 10 years following its being looted during the US-led invasion and fall of former dictator Saddam Hussein in 2003. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat,...

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US President Barack Obama speaks on the phone in the Oval Office of the White House, in Washington, DC, USA, on October 8, 2014. (AFP Photo/Brendan Smialovski)

Opinion: The Trepidations of a Reluctant Warrior

by Amir Taheri | Oct 10, 2014 | Opinion

Six weeks ago when President Barack Obama, no doubt after reading the latest opinion polls, decided to “do something” about the so-called “Islamic State” of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), many welcomed it as good news. After all, if used effectively, the United States’ unique...

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Krystina Cassidy, left, and Dianna Simpson attempt to make contact with their husbands who are stationed inside Fort Hood while standing outside of the Bernie Beck Gate on Wednesday, April 2, 2014, in Fort Hood, Texas, after three people were killed and 16 injured in a shooting at the base. (AP Photo/ Tamir Kalifa)

Soldier kills 3, injures 16, shoots himself at Texas army base

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 3, 2014 | World

Fort Hood, Texas, Reuters—A US soldier with mental health issues shot dead three people and injured at least 16 on Wednesday before shooting himself at an army base in Fort Hood, Texas, the site of another deadly rampage in 2009, US military officials said. The...

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Retired British Army Major-Generals Roddy Porter (C) and Tim Cross (R) speak to Asharq Al-Awsat. (Asharq Al-Awsat/James Hanna)

UK Major-Generals on Iraq lessons for Syria

by Ben Leakey | Sep 17, 2013 | Interviews

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Hardly anybody was surprised when US president Barack Obama raised the possibility of a military strike on Syria following a chemical attack on August 21 in a Damascus suburb that killed hundreds of people, which the UN confirmed took place in...