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Iraqi soldiers seen in towns recaptured from ISIS in Diyala province, north of Baghdad (AFP Photo/Younis Al-Bayati)

Fears of inter-Shi’ite Strife in Iraq’s Diyala

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 29, 2016 | Middle East

Diyala –Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has sent an elite force to Diyala governorate after several armed fights erupted between tribes in Abu Saida area. Heavy and medium weapons were used in the clashes that led to the death and injury of several people. An...

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Fear of Disaster Unfolding Amid Fighting in Fallujah

by Tim Arango | Jun 2, 2016 | Middle East

Near Fallujah (Iraq), New York Times-Along the battle line north of Fallujah, small units of Shi’ite fighters are raining mortar shells and rockets down on the city and its ISIS occupiers. The battle in Fallujah has become entrenched outside the city itself....

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A picture made available 05 March 2015 shows members of the Iraqi Shiite militia Kataib Hezbollah taking part in a training course at a military base in Jallam town, near Samara city, northern Iraq, 04 March 2015. (EPA/Baraa Kanaan)

US and Iran reach “special understanding” over Tikrit offensive: sources

by Hamza Mustafa | Mar 5, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Washington and Tehran have reached a “special understanding” over the forthcoming offensive against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Tikrit, Iraqi political sources said, as the US warned the assault to retake the city must not...

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This undated file photo shows head of Iran’s Quds Force Qassem Suleimani. (Fars News Agency)

Opinion: The Shadow Commander smiles for the camera

by Diana Moukalled | Mar 3, 2015 | Opinion

Before a year ago, mystery, intrigue and frustration surrounded the search for any report, photograph, or fact relating to Qassem Suleimani, the leader of Iran’s Quds Force, a division of its Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps. For more than two decades Suleimani’s...

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Iraqi government forces celebrate after they claimed they have gained complete control of the Diyala province, near the town of Muqdadiyah, on on January 26, 2015 (AFP PHOTO / YOUNIS AL-BAYATI)

Iraqi forces claim victory over ISIS in Diyala

by Hamza Mustafa | Jan 27, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—At the same time that the Iraqi army has announced the liberation of Diyala province in the east of the country from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the region’s local tribes accused some of the Shi’ite volunteer forces who helped...