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Protesters chant anti-government slogans as they carry a large national flag in a main square in Baghdad, Iraq, on August 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Iraq: PM facing calls to sever ties with party, declare state of emergency

by Hamza Mustafa | Aug 24, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi is facing calls to sever his links to the Islamic Da’wa Party. Several Iraqi lawmakers have also called on Abadi to declare a state of emergency in the country and freeze its current constitution. The...

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Iraqi minister of transportation, Hadi Al-Ameri, inspects volunteer fighters who joined the Iraqi army to fight against jihadist militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Al-Othaim in Diyala province, north of the capital Baghdad, on August 3, 2014. (AFP Photo/Amer Al-Saadi)

Hadi Al-Ameri: A Militia Leader Torn between Washington and Tehran

by Hamza Mustafa | Sep 25, 2014 | Profiles

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—When the leader of the Badr Organization, Hadi Al-Ameri, became Iraq’s minister of transport during former prime minister Nuri Al-Maliki’s second term in office, no one from Iraq’s political class or the major international political players...

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Iraq’s prime minister of eight years, Nuri Al-Maliki, announces he is relinquishing his post to Haider Al-Abadi (2nd L) in Baghdad on August 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Iraqi Government)

Iraq’s Maliki finally steps aside, paving way for new government

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 15, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Reuters—Nuri Al-Maliki finally bowed to pressure within Iraq and beyond on Thursday and stepped down as prime minister, paving the way for a new coalition that world and regional powers hope can quash a Sunni Islamist insurgency that threatens Baghdad. Maliki...

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Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki speaks during a news conference with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Baghdad on January 13, 2014. (Reuters/Ahmed Saad)

Opinion: The End of Maliki

by Mshari Al-Zaydi | Aug 14, 2014 | Opinion

Nuri Al-Maliki, the outgoing Iraqi prime minister, could have been a historic hero, not just in Iraq, but for all Arabs and Muslims. However self-interest got the better of him, his insight betrayed him, and all his views and actions ran to narrow partisan politics....

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A Bahraini policeman extinguishes tyres burning during clashes with riot police following a protest in solidarity with jailed Bahraini women in the village of Jidhafs, west of Manama, on June 13, 2013. (AFP/Mohammed Al-Shaikh)

Debate: Iranian policy is radicalizing the Gulf’s Shi’ites

by Adnan Hussein | Jun 19, 2013 | Debate

There can be no doubt that Iran’s expansionist regional ambitions are responsible for radicalizing the region’s Shi’ites. These ambitions—which strengthened Tehran following the collapse of the Shah’s regime—have led to a preponderance of radicalism...