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Sunni tribal volunteers with national flags stand in formation during their graduation ceremony in Habaniyah, 80 kilometers west of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, June 17, 2015 (AP Photo/ Khalid Mohammed)

In Iraq, Tribes are Stronger than Judiciary

by Moed Fayad | Sep 14, 2016 | Middle East

Baghdad–Iraqis are more likely to resort to their tribes to secure their rights in the absence of a rule-of-law and a strong state authority, legal and tribal sources said. In remarks to Asharq al-Awsat newspaper, lawyer Azhar Al-Khafaji said that Iraqis are now...

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In this Monday, July 29, 2013, file photo, people and security forces inspect the site of a car bomb explosion in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)

Iraqi forces put on maximum alert

by Hamza Mustafa | Aug 4, 2013 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat–Iraqi security forces have been put on maximum alert in expectation of terror attacks during the end of Eid festival celebrating the end of Ramadan at the end of this week. A number of attacks have already claimed the lives of several Iraqi...

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Prison inmates in an Iraqi jail in Nassiriyah. (Atef Hassan/Reuters)

Iraqi Official Says Saudi Prisoners Not Abused

by Fahd al-Zayabi and Hamza Mustapha | Jan 21, 2013 | Middle East

Riyadh/Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat – A Saudi prisoner, who wishes to remain anonymous, informed Asharq Al-Awsat in a telephone interview from Iraq that Saudi prisoners have been subjected to what he described as “racist” abuse from prison guards. He claimed that...