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till image shows airstrikes carried out by Russian air force in Syria. Photo: Reuters
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Iraqi counter terrorism forces are pictured in Fallujah’s southern Shuhada neighborhood during an operation to retake the area from ISIS on June 16, 2016. AFP Photo/Jean Marc Mojon
Abadi Says Most of Fallujah Retaken from ISIS, Political Parties Warn against Dividing Iraq
Baghdad-Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi announced on Friday that Iraqi security forces were in control of the city of Fallujah except for a few small pockets of jihadists. He went on state television to make the announcement. “We promised you the...Caption:
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with former Iraqi prime minister and vice president Nuri Al-Maliki in Tehran, Iran, in this October 18, 2010 file photo. (Reuters/HO/Official Website of Iran’s Supreme Leader)
Former PM Maliki returns to Iraq after Iran visit
Ankara, London and Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s former prime minister and vice president Nuri Al-Maliki has returned to the country after a visit to Iran, his media spokesman confirmed. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat, Abbas Al-Mussawi said Maliki landed in Baghdad on...Caption:
This file photo taken on March 12, 2003 shows an Iraqi Kurd working at an oil refinery in city of Suleimaniyah in the Kurdistan region in Iraq. (AFP Photo/Behrouz Mehri)
War of words continues between Baghdad and Erbil over oil dispute
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Disagreements over outstanding debts are threatening to undermine the agreement signed in late 2014 to end a near year-long oil dispute between the Iraqi government in Baghdad and the government of the country’s autonomous Kurdish...Caption:
Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters monitor the area from their front line position in Bashiqa, a town 13 kilometres north-east of Mosul on August 16, 2014. (AFP/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)