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Iraqi Shi’ite fighters pose with an Islamic State flag which they pulled down on the front line in Jalawla. (Reuters)

Iraqi troops retake 2 towns in eastern province

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 24, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, AP—Iraqi troops backed by Shiite militiamen and Kurdish security forces recaptured two towns seized previously by militants in an eastern province, said Iraqi officials on Monday, a new victory for Iraqi security forces in their attempt to regain areas lost...

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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (L) speaks next to speaker of parliament Salim al-Jubouri during a news conference after their meeting with in Baghdad July 26, 2014. (Reuters/Stringer)

Shi’ite militia kill dozens of Iraqi Sunnis in mosque shooting

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 23, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Reuters—Iraqi Shi’ite militiamen machine gunned minority Sunni Muslims in a village mosque on Friday, killing dozens just as Baghdad was trying to build a cross-community government to fight Sunni militants whose rise has alarmed Western powers. A...

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File photo of statue of Abbasid-era poet Abu Tammam in Mosul before its destruction by ISIS. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Iraq’s unlucky monuments from the Abbasids to Saddam

by Afrah Shawqi | Jul 3, 2014 | Lifestyle & Culture

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—It seems the only thing that Iraqi insurgents—whether they are affiliated with the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) or otherwise—share in common is their preoccupation with a dark side of history and their refusal to acknowledge the...

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Iraqi men who volunteered to join the fight against a major offensive by jihadists in northern Iraq stand on army trucks as they leave a recruiting center in Baghdad on June 13, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/ALI AL-SAADI)

Sunni militants capture 2 towns north of Baghdad

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 13, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, AP—Militants who seized large swaths of Iraq’s Sunni heartland with lightning advances this week have pushed into an ethnically mixed province and captured two towns northeast of Baghdad, officials said Friday as neighboring Shi’ite powerhouse...