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Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari arrives at an EU–Arab League foreign ministers’ summit in Athens on June 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
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People walk in a street in Yabroud, Syria, on February 21, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/ALI DIAB)
Iraqi fighters lead attack on the town of Yabroud, say Syrian activists
Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—Syrian opposition activists claimed on Monday that fighters from Iraqi Shi’ite militias were playing a leading role in the Syrian government’s battle to recapture the town of Yabroud. One activist, who did not want to be named, said Iraqi...Caption:
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari, right, and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi speak during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Ahmed Saad, Pool)
China joins race to arm Iraq
Erbil and Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Baghdad on Sunday to discuss bilateral relations and the sale of Chinese weapons to Iraq, only three days after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited the country also partly to...Caption:
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari attends the Arab foreign ministers’ meeting in Cairo on November 3, 2013. (REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany)
Iraqi FM: Syrian opposition and regime negotiating would be “victory”
Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq has grown increasingly divided over the Syrian conflict. Despite trying to remain officially neutral in the neighboring country’s civil war, Iraq, with its own history of sectarian tensions, has been increasingly affected by the...Caption:
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Iraq, Hoshyar Zebari delivers remarks at the Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) on the topic of military strategy August 16, 2013, in Washington, DC. (AFP/Paul J. Richards)