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Syrian Kurds wave the Kurdish flag, in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli on September 27, 2017, during a gathering in support of the independence referendum in Iraq’s autonomous northern Kurdish region. AFP PHOTO / DELIL SOULEIMAN

Barzani ‘Ready’ to Freeze Independence for 2 Years

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 29, 2017 | Middle East

London- Informed sources confirmed that President of Iraq’s Kurdistan Region Masoud Barzani informed Iraqi Vice President Ayad Allawi on Thursday that he was “ready” to cooperate with the latter’s initiative to contain the growing crisis between Baghdad and...

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Iraq’s Vice President Iyad Allawi smiles during an interview with Reuters in Baghdad September 14, 2014. A REUTERS/Ahmed Saad

Allawi Accuses Qatar of Having Tried to Divide Iraq

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Jun 18, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo – Iraqi Vice President Iyad Allawi accused on Saturday Qatar of having previously backed a project, which he had strongly confronted, to divide Iraq. During a press conference held in Cairo, Allawi said Qatar supported a project to split Iraq into a Sunni...

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AyadAllawi: Iraqis “bless the days” of Saddam Hussein

AyadAllawi: Iraqis “bless the days” of Saddam Hussein

by Moed Fayad | Jan 25, 2016 | Interviews

Baghdad- Ayad Allawi, former Vice President of Iraq, has come forward with the mistakes committed by politicians after overthrowing the previous regime, in a manner that has made Iraqis “bless the days” of former President Saddam Hussein. “We are responsible for what...

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Iraqi Finance Minister Rafie al-Issawi attends an anti-government demonstration in Ramadi, 100 km (62 miles) west of Baghdad, March 1, 2013. (REUTERS/Ali al-Mashhadani)

Rafie Issawi: The View from Ramadi

by Ma'ad Fayad | Apr 14, 2013 | Interviews

Ramadi, Asharq Al-Awsat—On the road from Baghdad to Anbar Province’s capital city of Ramadi on our way to meet with Rafi Al-Issawi, the recently resigned finance minister of Iraq and leading member of the Iraqiya Coalition headed by Iyad Allawi, it was inevitable that...