by Dalshad Abdullah | Jul 27, 2014 | Middle East
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Local militias are forming to battle militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in and around Mosul, according to the region’s governor. In a statement to Asharq Al-Awsat on Saturday, Nineveh provincial governor Atheel Al-Nujaifi...
by Ma'ad Fayad | Jul 6, 2014 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Anti-government Iraqi Sunni tribes are marching on Baghdad with the objective of toppling Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki and forming a national “salvation” government, a tribal spokesman told Asharq Al-Awsat. Abu Abed Al-Naimi, spokesman for...