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Iraq’s President Fuad Masoum speaks during an interview with Reuters at the presidential palace in Baghdad March 25, 2015. (Reuters//Ahmed Saad)

Iraq President: ISIS will soon be forced out of Iraq

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Mar 29, 2015 | Interviews

Sharm El-Sheikh, Asharq Al-Awsat—As Iraq continues its operations to retake the city of Tikrit from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and begins preparations for a long-awaited assault on Mosul, which is also under the control of the terrorist group, the...

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Iraqi President Fuad Masoum (L) meets with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani at the royal palace in Doha, Qatar, on February 11, 2015. (Qatar News Agency)

Iraq, Gulf states close to full rapprochement: Iraqi president

by Hamza Mustafa | Feb 12, 2015 | Middle East

Doha, Asharq Al-Awsat—Relations between Iraq and its Gulf neighbors are close to becoming normalized again, Iraqi President Fuad Masoum told Asharq Al-Awsat on Wednesday, following a visit to the Qatari capital Doha. Masoum, who was in Doha for a whistle-stop visit to...

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In this July 15, 2014 file photo, Haider Al-Abadi speaks to the media after an Iraqi parliament session in Baghdad. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraq PM promises National Guard within six months

by Hamza Mustafa | Feb 1, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi National Guard units will be formed within six months, Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi pledged on Saturday at an interfaith dialogue conference in Baghdad. “The government is committed to forming a National Guard force within 6 months,”...

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Fouad Masoum, Iraq’s newly elected president, speaks during a news conference in Baghdad, July 24, 2014. (REUTERS/Ahmed Saad)

Iraq’s president and parliamentary speaker discuss national unity plan

by Hamza Mustafa | Jan 14, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi President Fuad Masoum and Parliament Speaker Salim Al-Jabouri met on Tuesday in Baghdad to discuss a comprehensive national unity and reconciliation plan to bring together Iraq’s disparate ethnic and confessional communities....

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Fouad Masoum, Iraq’s newly elected president, speaks during a news conference in Baghdad, July 24, 2014. (REUTERS/Ahmed Saad)

Iraqi President Fuad Masoum renounces British nationality

by Hamza Mustafa | Dec 29, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi President Fuad Masoum has completed the final legal procedures formally renouncing his British nationality and citizenship in line with the requirements of the Iraqi constitution, which stipulates that “sovereign officials” cannot hold...