by Hamza Mustafa | Jan 14, 2014 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki to use dialogue to resolve the ongoing conflict in Anbar Province. He was speaking at a news conference on Monday following his arrival in Baghdad for an official...
by Hamza Mustafa | Jan 7, 2014 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki has urged the residents of Fallujah to expel insurgents of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) from the city they have controlled since Saturday, to avoid the dangers of a military operation by the...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 2, 2014 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Several police stations in the cities of Fallujah and Ramadi in Iraq’s western Anbar province came under attack by unknown gunmen on Wednesday, as the Iraqi Premier Nouri Al-Maliki pledged to continue the war against Al-Qaeda fighters in...
by Hamza Mustafa | Dec 5, 2013 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—The political bloc led by Iraq’s parliamentary speaker has called for action to tackle a spate of assassinations in the city of Fallujah, in Iraq’s troubled Anbar province. MP Khalid Al-Alwani, a member of the Mutahidoun Coalition,...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 11, 2013 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—A leading figure in the protests in western Iraq said its leaders will explain their position on the dialogue with the central government, currently led on behalf of the protesters by the governor of Anbar province, in the next few days Ahmad...