by Hamza Mustafa | Aug 4, 2013 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat–Iraqi security forces have been put on maximum alert in expectation of terror attacks during the end of Eid festival celebrating the end of Ramadan at the end of this week. A number of attacks have already claimed the lives of several Iraqi...
by Hamza Mustafa and Sherzad Shekhani | Jul 25, 2013 | Middle East
Baghdad and Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi prime minister Nuri Al-Maliki hit out at his coalition partners in the ruling National Alliance, including the Sadr Movement and the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) in a television interview on Tuesday, after coming...
by Hamza Mustafa | Jul 24, 2013 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—The escape of top Al-Qaeda commanders from two Baghdad prisons on Sunday evening has raised fears of a renewed terrorist campaign, placing pressure on Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki and his government, which has so far remained quiet on the...
by Hamza Mustafa | Jul 23, 2013 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi security forces yesterday conducted a search operation of areas surrounding two prisons near Baghdad following two attacks that left dozens of guards and prisoners dead, while hundreds of prisoners escaped. The Al-Hout Prison in Al-Taji...
