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This file photo taken on March 12, 2003 shows an Iraqi Kurd working at an oil refinery in city of Suleimaniyah in the Kurdistan region in Iraq. (AFP Photo/Behrouz Mehri)

War of words continues between Baghdad and Erbil over oil dispute

by Hamza Mustafa | Jan 28, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Disagreements over outstanding debts are threatening to undermine the agreement signed in late 2014 to end a near year-long oil dispute between the Iraqi government in Baghdad and the government of the country’s autonomous Kurdish...

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In this Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015 image released by the Kurdistan Region Security Council (KRSC), A Kurdish peshmerga stands on a military tank preparing for battle against the Islamic State group in northern Iraq. (AP Photo)

Iraqi, Kurdish military forces launch attack on Mosul environs

by Dalshad Abdullah | Jan 22, 2015 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi military and Kurdish forces launched coordinated attacks on Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) positions around the city of Mosul on Wednesday, ahead of a widely-anticipated major military offensive to liberate the city expected later...

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This file photo shows a worker walking on an oil pipeline at the Khurmala oil field on the outskirts of the city of Erbil, in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, on December 4, 2013. (Reuters/Stringer)

Baghdad and Erbil to meet “soon” to resolve outstanding disputes: sources

by Dalshad Abdullah | Jan 15, 2015 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—A political delegation from the autonomous Kurdistan region in Iraq will meet with the central Baghdad government “soon” in order to resolve a number of disputes between both sides, sources told Asharq Al-Awsat. The Kurdish...

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Displaced Iraqis forced to flee their homes ahead of gains made by ISIS militants in and around Mosul, shelter at the Bahrka Refugee camp, Erbil, northern Iraq, on September 19, 2014. (EPA/MOHAMED MESSARA)

Two million Iraqi refugees in Kurdistan: official

by Dalshad Abdullah | Dec 27, 2014 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Approximately two million Iraqi citizens, mainly from the country’s central and western governorates, sought refuge from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan in 2014, an official from the...

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The Syriac Orthodox Patriarch Aphrem II. (Syriac Orthodox Church)

Syria belongs to its people: Syriac Orthodox Patriarch

by Amy Assad | Dec 19, 2014 | Interviews

Vienna and London, Asharq Al-Awsat—It is Christmas season in Austria and a chilly, drizzly evening in its capital Vienna. The city’s busy Christmas market at the foot of its grand Town Hall beams cheerfully with multi-colored lanterns as steam radiates from its hot...