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Masked Sunni protesters wave Islamist flags while others chant slogans at an anti-government rally in Fallujah on April 26, 2013.
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Tensions in Iraq Escalate Amid Secession Calls

by Khalid Mahmoud | May 5, 2013 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Tensions continued to escalate in Iraq yesterday even after the embattled Baghdad government welcomed the appointment of an official representative to negotiate on behalf of the protesters. In the city of central city of Samarra, Sheikh...

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Sunni tribal leader Sheikh Ahmad Abu-Rishah attends an anti-government demonstration in Ramadi, 100 km (62 miles) west of Baghdad, February 15, 2013. (REUTERS/Mohammed Al-Kubaisi)

Anbar’s Abu Rishah Says Protesters Ready for Dialogue or Defense

by Ma'ad Fayad | May 1, 2013 | Features

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—The struggle in Iraq between the government of Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki and the largely Sunni protesters occupying town and city squares across the country has been kept out of the headlines by the war in Syria. This has not been changed...

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Iraqi anti-government gunmen from Sunni tribes in the western Anbar province march during a protest in Ramadi, west of Baghdad, on April 26, 2013. (AFP Photo/Azhar Shallal)

Senior Iraqi Officers Accused of Hawijah Massacre

by Hamza Mustafa and Sherzad Shekhani | Apr 28, 2013 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Burham Salih, Deputy Secretary-General of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), has come out to condemn the killing of unnamed civilians in Hawijah. Speaking exclusively to Asharq Al-Awsat, he said: “We in the leadership of the PUK are...