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Iraq’s Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abadi attends an official ceremony to receive four F-16 fighter jets from the US, at a military base in Balad, Iraq, on 20, 2015. (Reuters/Thaier Al-Sudani)

Iraq’s Abadi proposes clear-out of top government posts

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 9, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Reuters—Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi won the support of his cabinet on Sunday to eliminate a layer of senior government positions, part of a push to reduce corruption and save money in the face of mounting unrest. After weeks of protests demanding...

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An image from a propaganda video by Al-Furqan Media allegedly shows the leader of the ISIS Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi on July 5, 2014 (AFP PHOTO / HO / AL-FURQAN MEDIA)

Baghdadi injured, deputy killed in anti-ISIS airstrikes: Iraqi defense minister

by Dalshad Abdullah | Nov 10, 2014 | Middle East

Erbil and Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi was wounded and his deputy killed in a coalition airstrike on an ISIS vehicle convoy outside the Iraqi city of Mosul on Friday evening, the Iraqi defense minister...

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A member of the Iraqi security forces searches a man at a checkpoint in Ramadi, on October 12, 2014. (Reuters/Stringer)

Iraq imposes curfew in Ramadi, fearing militants

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 17, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, AP—The Iraqi government imposed a curfew in the western city of Ramadi on Friday over fears that the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) might try to advance on the strategically important city. The curfew began at midnight as part of an effort to limit...

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An Iraqi man holds up a portrait of Shiite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani during a demonstration in the central Shiite Muslim shrine city of Najaf on June 14, 2014. (AFP/Haider Hamdani)

Iraq PM-designate facing tough task despite Sistani’s call

by Hamza Mustafa | Aug 23, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s top Shi’ite cleric called on the country’s political players to overcome their sectarian and ethnic differences and work together to form a new government, with Prime Minister-designate Haider Al-Abadi facing the increasingly difficult...

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A burnt poster of Shi’ite cleric Mahmoud Al-Sarkhi at a checkpoint in front of his home in the Shi’ite holy city of Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, on July 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Ahmed al-Husseini)

Tensions high in Karbala following Sarkhi clashes

by Fares Al-Sharifi | Jul 4, 2014 | Middle East

Karbala, Asharq Al-Awsat—Tensions remained high in Karbala on Friday following clashes on Wednesday between followers of Ayatollah Mahmoud Al-Sarkhi and Iraqi security forces after Baghdad sought to arrest the Shi’ite cleric. Iraqi security forces destroyed Sarkhi’s...