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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
