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Iraqi Kurdish protesters wave the flag of their autonomous Kurdistan region during a demonstration for independence on July 3, 2014, outside the Kurdistan parliament building in Erbil(AFP PHOTO/SAFIN HAMED)
by Dalshad Abdullah | Jul 18, 2014 | Features
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—An independent state is not a new dream for the Kurds. In Iraq, they accepted autonomy after the fall of Saddam, largely due to pressure from Turkey and the United States—but still, independence was never far from their minds. Now, after the...
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Iraq’s Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari addresses a news conference with Palestinian Minister of Detainees and Prisoners Affairs Issa Qaraqe (not pictured) in Baghdad December 12, 2012. (REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani)
by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Mar 31, 2013 | Interviews
Baghdad, Asharq Al–Awsat—The ongoing crisis in Syria has exposed divisions and differences of opinion between the states of the Arab world that leaders have been working to resolve. One such disagreement has been that between Iraq and Qatar, two states which have...
