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Kurdish Parliamentary Speaker Yousif Muhammed speaks to Asharq Al-Awsat in Ebril. (Asharq Al-Awsat)

Arab role in Iraqi Kurdistan “weak”: Kurdish parliamentary speaker

by Dalshad Abdullah | Sep 4, 2014 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Kurdish Parliamentary Speaker Yousif Muhammed Sadiq has called for a stronger Arab role in Iraqi Kurdistan, stressing that this will help the semi-autonomous region confront the numerous challenges it is facing, not least the advancing Islamic...

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Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take position on the front line in Khazer, near the Kurdish checkpoint of Aski Kalak, 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on August 8, 2014. (AFP/Safin Hamed)

Baghdad delaying delivery of military aid: Peshmerga minister

by Dalshad Abdullah | Sep 3, 2014 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Baghdad has delayed the delivery of vital international military assistance to Kurdistan to fight advancing Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Minister of Peshmerga Affairs Mustafa Qadir said on...

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Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters take position on the front line in Khazer, near the Kurdish checkpoint of Aski Kalak, 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on August 8, 2014. (AFP/Safin Hamed)

Maliki requested Peshmerga deployment to Kirkuk: KRG spokesman

by Ma'ad Fayad | Aug 24, 2014 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) spokesman Fouad Hussein informed Asharq Al-Awsat that Peshmerga forces had deployed to the Iraqi city of Kirkuk to combat the encroaching presence of Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) fighters on the...

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Yazidi refugees climb up a mountain-side as they flee from Iraq near Sirnak city, at the Turkish-Iraqi border, on August 17, 2014. (EPA/Ulas Yunus Tosun)

Yazidi mother speaks out from ISIS prison, daughters still missing

by Dalshad Abdullah | Aug 20, 2014 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—A young Yazidi woman who escaped captivity in an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) prison has described her ordeal in an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat. Layla, 23, was taken from the village of Qani near Mount Sinjar along with...

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Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron visits a UK Aid Disaster Response Center where humanitarian supplies are being collected to be airlifted to Iraq at Cotswold Airport near the village of Kemble, Gloucestershire, southern England, on August 14, 2014. (AFP Photo/Pool/Stefan Wermuth)

UK prime minister reaffirms bigger British role in Iraq

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 18, 2014 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—British Prime Minister David Cameron restated his belief that the UK should expand its role in Iraq on Monday, but said it would stop short of “boots on the ground.” Meanwhile, speaking at a Royal Air Force base in Cyprus, Minister of Defense...