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Iraqis inspect a damaged building on October 6, 2015, a day after a blast in a market area in Diyala Province, east of Iraq. (AFP photo)

Secret Prisons in Iraq from Najaf to Diyala

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 9, 2016 | Middle East

London – Secret Prisons in Iraq have always been an issue of debate especially after the 2003 change when the Baathist party toppled down with the regime that had been ruling for 35 years. U.S. top officials, including Iraq’s first governor Paul Bremer, admitted their...

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56 Shiite Factions Sowing Terror in Diyala

56 Shiite Factions Sowing Terror in Diyala

by Munaf al Obeidi | Jan 19, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

According to a local official, 56 armed Shiite factions in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad, sow terror among the Sunni population yesterday, he told Asharq Al-Awsat. Member of Diyala Provincial Council, Ali al-Daini, said that overlooking the daily crimes...

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Shi’ite militia fighters walk along the frontline just outside Kirkuk, Iraq on February 15, 2015. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

Iraqi Shi’ite militias destroyed entire Sunni villages: Human Rights Watch

by Manaf Al-Obaidi | Mar 19, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Erbil and New York, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi militias, volunteer fighters and members of the Iraqi security forces engaged in the deliberate destruction of civilian property in the town of Amerli after forcing out Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters,...

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Iraqi Sunnis displaced by ISIS in Diyala province, demonstrate against Shi’ite fighters in front of the US consulate in Arbil, north of Baghdad, on February 4, 2015. (REUTERS/Azad Lashkari)

Government forces not responsible for Diyala village massacre: official

by Manaf Al-Obaidi | Feb 6, 2015 | Middle East

Diyala, Asharq Al-Awsat—The head of an Iraqi parliamentary committee charged with investigating an alleged massacre of Sunni villagers in Diyala province last month denied on Thursday that any official Iraqi forces were involved in the killings. Local sources reported...

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Iraq’s Sunni Parliament Speaker Salim Al-Jabouri speaks during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, in this July 26, 2014 file photo. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraqi MPs receive death threats over calls to investigate village massacre

by Hamza Mustafa | Feb 3, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi MPs for Diyala province, including Speaker of Parliament Salim Al-Jabouri, have received death threats warning them to stop all investigations into a massacre that took place in a village in the region last week, according to one MP from...