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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
