by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 4, 2017 | Middle East
Baghdad- Infrastructure reconstruction for the Iraqi Anbar Governorate, encompassing much of the country’s western territory, has put forth a stupendous figure, judge Ibrahim al-Janabi told Asharq Al-Awsat. Baghdad has not allocated funds for infrastructure...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 26, 2014 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi security forces clashed with members of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the province of Babil on Sunday, as part of an effort to reassert control of the nearby city of Fallujah. A police spokesman said army and police units...
by Hamza Mustafa | Apr 16, 2014 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq announced on Tuesday that it has closed the infamous Abu Ghraib prison, amid security concerns following the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) gained control of a strategically important dam on the Euphrates River south of Fallujah...
by Abdullah Mustafa | Feb 24, 2014 | Middle East
Brussels, Asharq Al-Awsat—Sheikh Rafi Al-Rifa’i, the Sunni Grand Mufti of Iraq, hit out at the Iraqi government on Sunday, saying dialogue with Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki was “pointless,” and described the events in Fallujah as “genocide.” Rifa’i’s comments came as...
by Hamza Mustafa | Feb 3, 2014 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Iraqi Defense Ministry announced on Sunday that its forces had killed dozens of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters in Ramadi, the center of Anbar province, while the army’s Anbar HQ denied that it had set a date to begin an...
