by Hamza Mustafa | Feb 22, 2014 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Violence in the disputed Iraqi governorate of Anbar picked up again on Friday as Iraqi forces continued to advance into Al-Qaeda-held areas. Violent clashes between Iraqi troops and militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria...
by Mohamed Zangeneh | Dec 21, 2013 | Middle East
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s Dijla Operations Command, a special force launched in June by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki to protect the oil-rich Kirkuk region, plans to establish its headquarters in the municipality of Tuz Khormato, 55 miles (90 kilometers)...