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Iraqi Defense Minister Erfan al-Hayali. Reuters

Iraqi Defense Minister Denies Threatening to Use Army Against Kurdish Independence

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 25, 2017 | Middle East

Erbil- Iraqi Defense Minister Erfan al-Hayali denied news reports that he had threatened that the Iraqi army would interfere if the Kurdistan Region held a referendum and declared independence. He told Rudaw that the issue of the referendum is “political” in nature...

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Possible Armed Confrontations between Popular Mobilization Forces, Iraqi Army

Possible Armed Confrontations between Popular Mobilization Forces, Iraqi Army

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 9, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East

Baghdad, London- Informed Iraqi sources said that an armed confrontation was about to start between Iraqi army, which is trained and supported by US, and Popular Mobilization Forces militia, which is supported by Iran, when leaders from the PMF refused to follow...

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Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi speaks at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, DC, on April 16, 2015. (AFP Photo/Jim Watson)

Iraq’s PM Abadi facing “mutiny” from within Shi’ite camp: source

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 27, 2015 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi is facing a “mutiny” from within Shi’ite circles in the country over his recent crackdown on government corruption, an informed source said on Saturday. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat via telephone, the...

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Iraqi minister of transportation, Hadi Al-Ameri, inspects volunteer fighters who joined the Iraqi army to fight against jihadist militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Al-Othaim in Diyala province, north of the capital Baghdad, on August 3, 2014. (AFP Photo/Amer Al-Saadi)

Hadi Al-Ameri: A Militia Leader Torn between Washington and Tehran

by Hamza Mustafa | Sep 25, 2014 | Profiles

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—When the leader of the Badr Organization, Hadi Al-Ameri, became Iraq’s minister of transport during former prime minister Nuri Al-Maliki’s second term in office, no one from Iraq’s political class or the major international political players...