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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, right, and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, during a news conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Jan. 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Ahmed Saadi, Pool)
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A Sunni Muslim Iraqi man walks past an Iraqi soldier at Ein Tamer as families flee their homes in the city of Fallujah making their way to the central Iraqi Shiite Muslim shrine city of Karbala, on January 6, 2014 (AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)
Iraq: Maliki urges Fallujah tribes to expel ISIS
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...Caption:
Gunmen gesture during fighting in Ramadi January 1, 2014 (REUTERS/Stringer)
Iraq: Violence continues as Maliki pledges to fight Al-Qaeda
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...Caption:
Iraqis carry the coffin of the organizer of sit-in of Fallujah, Sheikh Khalid Hamoud Jumaili during a funeral in Fallujah, western Iraq, 01 December 2013 (EPA/MOHAMMED JALIL)
Iraqi MPs call for end to killings in Sunni Anbar governorate
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,...Caption:
Sunni Muslims chant “Allahu Akbar”, meaning “God is great”, during an anti-government demonstration in Falluja, 50 km (31 miles) west of Baghdad April 26, 2013. (REUTERS/Mohanned Faisal)