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Civilians displaced by heavy fighting between Iraqi security forces and ISIS militants queue outside a tent set up by MSF, or Doctors Without Borders, to provide medical aid at a shelter in Makhmour, east of Mosul, Iraq. AP

ISIS Captures Thousands of Civilians in Iraq amid Fears of a Massacre

by Dalshad Abdullah | Aug 6, 2016 | Middle East

Erbil-ISIS executed a number of residents while trying to flee the organization’s controlled town of Hawijah in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, Iraqi official and security sources said on Friday. ISIS had detained thousands of civilians who were fleeing the town,...

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A man looks at a damaged vehicle a day after a car bomb attack in Baghdad, October 3, 2013. Nine civilians were killed and 18 others were wounded in two separate bomb blasts late on Wednesday, police sources said. (REUTERS/Ahmed Malik)

Iraqi army helicopter shot down in clashes with insurgents

by Hamza Mustafa | Oct 3, 2013 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Iraqi Ministry of Defense has confirmed reports that one of its helicopters was shot down in clashes with insurgents who attacked a military base in Bayji, north of Baghdad, on Wednesday. A media adviser for the defense ministry, Lt. Gen....

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Iraqi Sunni Muslims wave the old flags of Iraq during an anti-government demonstration in Falluja, 50 km (31 miles) west of Baghdad May 3, 2013. (REUTERS/Mohanned Faisal)

Opinion: How Can Iraq Avoid Another Hawijah?

by Osman Mirghani | May 11, 2013 | Opinion

Today, the situation in Iraq is reminiscent of the events that led to a virtual civil war in 2006—at least in the opinion of former US ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker, who published an article in the Washington Post a few days ago. Regardless of the extent to which...

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Masked Sunni protesters wave Islamist flags while others chant slogans at an anti-government rally in Fallujah on April 26, 2013.
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Tensions in Iraq Escalate Amid Secession Calls

by Khalid Mahmoud | May 5, 2013 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Tensions continued to escalate in Iraq yesterday even after the embattled Baghdad government welcomed the appointment of an official representative to negotiate on behalf of the protesters. In the city of central city of Samarra, Sheikh...

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Sunni tribal leader Sheikh Ahmad Abu-Rishah attends an anti-government demonstration in Ramadi, 100 km (62 miles) west of Baghdad, February 15, 2013. (REUTERS/Mohammed Al-Kubaisi)

Anbar’s Abu Rishah Says Protesters Ready for Dialogue or Defense

by Ma'ad Fayad | May 1, 2013 | Features

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The struggle in Iraq between the government of Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki and the largely Sunni protesters occupying town and city squares across the country has been kept out of the headlines by the war in Syria. This has not been changed...