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Iraqi forces advance toward the center of Kirkuk during an operation on Oct. 16. AFP

Abadi Says Referendum is Over, Calls for Dialogue ‘Under the Constitution’

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 18, 2017 | Middle East

Riyadh, Baghdad, Irbil- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz briefed the Cabinet Tuesday on a telephone conversation he held with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi during which the King stressed Riyadh’s support for Iraq’s...

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Macron and al-Abadi at the Elysee on Thursday, REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

Abadi Does Not Want to Fight Kurds, Erdogan Supports Closing Borders

by Michel Abu Najm and Said Abdul Razzak | Oct 6, 2017 | Middle East

Paris, Ankara — Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi confirmed on Thursday that he does not want an armed confrontation with the Kurds in relation to the crisis of the referendum on independence held in the Kurdistan region on Sept. 25. Meanwhile, Turkish President...

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Buses lined up near the Syria-Lebanon border to take 308 ISIS militants and their families to ISIS-controlled territory. Louai Beshara/AFP

Abadi’s Position Disrupts ‘Hezbollah-ISIS’ Deal

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 2, 2017 | Middle East

Beirut- A deal reached between Lebanon’s “Hezbollah” and ISIS to transfer militants from east Lebanon and Qalamoun to west Syria at the Iraqi border was seemingly disrupted on Friday after the Iraqi government headed by Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi...

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Carter Confirms Continuation of US Support For Iraq’s War on Terror

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 12, 2016 | Middle East

The Prime Minister of the Iraqi government Haider Al-Abadi yesterday held talks with the US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter who arrived in the Iraqi capital yesterday. They discussed the progress of military operations against ISIS in Mosul and the latest...

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Opinion: Iraq – Turmoil Between Two Empires

by Amir Taheri | May 6, 2016 | Opinion

If the current turmoil in the Iraqi capital Baghdad contains any message, it is that the majority of Iraqis are quite fed up with the status quo. Their grievance isn’t limited to any one aspect of the nation’s life, being the difficulties of day-to-day survival or the...