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Iraq’s President Fouad Massoum (L), Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (R) and Ammar al-Hakim (C), leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI), attend a conference dialogue among religious sects in Baghdad January 31, 2015. REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily
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Iraqis protest before the Parliament in the Green Zone in Baghdad
Masum Bears Al-Abadi Responsible for Losing Security Control
Baghdad-The Iraqi government decided on Sunday to hire Peshmerga forces in order to protect the Green Zone after the Iraqi forces failed in securing the zone with a political crisis in Iraq heading towards a dangerous detour. An Iraqi source told Asharq Al-Awsat that...Caption:
Iraq’s Sunni Parliament Speaker Salim Al-Jabouri speaks during a press conference in Baghdad, Iraq, in this July 26, 2014 file photo. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Iraqi MPs receive death threats over calls to investigate village massacre
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi MPs for Diyala province, including Speaker of Parliament Salim Al-Jabouri, have received death threats warning them to stop all investigations into a massacre that took place in a village in the region last week, according to one MP from...Caption:
Iraq’s Sunni Parliament Speaker Salim Al-Jabouri speaks during a press conference with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, July 26, 2014. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Jabouri: ISIS fighting “war of extermination” against Iraq
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s new parliametary speaker Salim Al-Jabouri faces a tough task heading the country’s top legislative body at a time when political blocs are jockeying for position behind the Haider Al-Abadi government to confront the...Caption:
Iraqis walk past an election poster fronted by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (R) on March 25, 2014, in Baghdad, ahead of the parliamentary elections in April 2014. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)