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Wrapped in the Iraqi flag, police and security gather along Street 60 after the southern districts of the city of Ramadi, the capital of the Anbar province, were recaptured by government forces from militants, on March 16, 2014. (AFP Photo/Azhar Shallal)

Iraq: Anbar government says Ramadi now secure

by Hamza Mustafa | Mar 17, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—The government of the Iraqi province of Anbar announced plans to reopen entrances to the city of Ramadi on Sunday, following two months of violent clashes in and around the city. Anbar Governor Ahmad Khalaf Al-Dulaimi said: “Preparations were...

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Iraqi vice-president Iyad Allawi speaks to reporters on December 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iraq: Iyad Allawi denies retirement rumors

by Ma'ad Fayad | Feb 12, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, head of the Iraqi National Accord party, has confirmed he has no intention to retire from politics, saying he will lead the new Wataniya bloc in the parliamentary elections scheduled to take place on...

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Iyad Allawi (AAA)

Iyad Allawi: The view from Baghdad

by Ma'ad Fayad | Jun 18, 2013 | Interviews

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—No prominent Iraqi politician has sacrificed as much as Dr. Iyad Allawi for the sake of Iraq and its people since leaving the regime of former president Saddam Hussein. He left it at the peak of its tyranny, at a time when he could have assumed...

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Iraqi Finance Minister Rafie al-Issawi attends an anti-government demonstration in Ramadi, 100 km (62 miles) west of Baghdad, March 1, 2013. (REUTERS/Ali al-Mashhadani)

Rafie Issawi: The View from Ramadi

by Ma'ad Fayad | Apr 14, 2013 | Interviews

Ramadi, Asharq Al-Awsat—On the road from Baghdad to Anbar Province’s capital city of Ramadi on our way to meet with Rafi Al-Issawi, the recently resigned finance minister of Iraq and leading member of the Iraqiya Coalition headed by Iyad Allawi, it was inevitable that...

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In this Jan. 9, 2006 file photo, Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq, speaks to reporters in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP)

No Mutlaq-Hezbollah Deal on Maliki

by Hamza Mustafa | Mar 27, 2013 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Sources close to Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Saleh Al-Mutlaq have denied that he has struck a deal with Hezbollah to support under-fire Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki, Asharq Al-Awsat has learned. Mutlaq, who is head of the Iraqi Front for...