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People look at a burned vehicle at the site of car bomb attack in a busy square at Baghdad’s sprawling Sadr City district, in Iraq January 2, 2017. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad

ISIS Suicide Bomber Kills 36 in Baghdad Market

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jan 2, 2017 | Middle East

A suicide bomber driving a pickup loaded with explosives struck a sprawling market in Baghdad on Monday, killing at least 36 people in an attack claimed by the ISIS group hours after French President Francois Hollande arrived in the Iraqi capital. The bomb went off in...

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Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a bomb attack at a market in central Baghdad, Iraq December 31, 2016. REUTERS/Ali al-Mashhadani

Twin Bombs Kill at Least 28 in Central Baghdad

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Dec 31, 2016 | Middle East

Two bombs claimed by ISIS terrorist ripped through a busy commercial street in Baghdad on Saturday, killing at least 28 people and wounding at least 54, according to police and medical officials. The blasts, including one suicide attack, took place early morning in...

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Iraq’s Prime Minister-designate Haider al-Abadi gestures during a news conference in Baghdad August 25, 2014. REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud

Iraqi PM Says Three Months Needed to Terminate ISIS

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Dec 27, 2016 | Middle East

Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said that it would take at least three months to terminate the terror group ISIS, as U.S.-backed forces battle to dislodge the militants from their city stronghold of Mosul. Abadi made his statement on Tuesday. Asked to respond to...

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Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi looks on during a joint news conference with Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi at the end of a meeting at Chigi Palace in Rome, Italy February 10, 2016. REUTERS/Tony Gentile

Iraqi Prime Minister Abadi Receives Shi’ite Cleric Muqtda al-Sadr

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 27, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi received on Monday shi’ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who in recent months led a series of anti-government demonstrations. The meeting was the first between the two men since February, when Sadr called for the...

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Iraqi security forces vehicles are seen during a battle with Islamic State militants in southeast of Mosul, Iraq, November 3, 2016. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

Imagine You were an Iraqi!

by Tariq Alhomayed | Nov 27, 2016 | Opinion

Imagine you were a Sunni Iraqi citizen who believes in his nationality and dreams of a time better than that of the dictator, Saddam Hussein. Picture yourself a moderate Shiite who doesn’t see Iraq as an Iranian district, but rather a unified country that respects...