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Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu meets with Iraq’s Kurdistan region’s President Massoud Barzani in Erbil, Iraq, August 23, 2017. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari

Iraq’s Kurds: Independence Referendum will not be Postponed… Except with Guarantees

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 24, 2017 | Middle East

Erbil– Iraq’s Kurds have expressed their commitment to hold the independence referendum on September 25, despite repeated demands by the United States to postpone such a move to prevent the deterioration of relations with the central government in Bagdad. The Higher...

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US Defense Secretary James Mattis meets with Iraq’s Kurdistan region’s President Masoud Barzani in Irbil, Iraq, August 22, 2017. (Reuters)

US Discusses its Presence in Iraq after ISIS

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 23, 2017 | Middle East

Baghdad, Irbil – The US presence in Iraq in the post-ISIS phase topped the meetings of US Defense Secretary James Mattis, who arrived in Baghdad on Tuesday in a surprise visit, US officials said. Mattis met with Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and Defense...

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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. (SPA)

Saudi Crown Prince Congratulates US Defense Secretary on Mosul Victory

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Jul 16, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, congratulated US Defense Secretary James Mattis on the victory of Iraqi forces in defeating the ISIS terrorist group in the city of Mosul, reported the Saudi Press Agency (SPA). The...

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US Defense Secretary James Mattis gestures during a press briefing on the campaign to defeat ISIS at the Pentagon in Washington, US, May 19, 2017. (Reuters, Yuri Gripas)

Mattis: Iran is the Most Destabilizing Influence in the Middle East

by Moaz al-Omari | Jul 12, 2017 | World

Washington – US Secretary of Defense James Mattis said that Iran was the most destabilizing country in the Middle East and that the Iranian regime was behind the causes of conflicts in the region. Mattis on Tuesday granted a phone interview to a high school journalism...

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A Turkish armored vehicle along the Syrian border. (AFP)

Ankara Asks Washington for ‘Joint Mechanism’ to Disarm Kurds of US Arms

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Jun 24, 2017 | Middle East

Ankara – Turkey is seeking to establish a “joint mechanism” with the United States aimed at gathering the weapons that Washington recently sent to the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG). The arms were sent as part of the US support for the Syrian Democratic...