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Iraqi Shi’ite fighters from the Popular Mobilization units deploy in the city of Baiji, north of Tikrit. AFP

When Militia Turns into Army

by Salman Al-dossary | Aug 7, 2016 | Opinion

Two days after the leakage of an official ministerial order issued by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, which states that the Shiite militia, known as the Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces), will officially become part of the Iraqi army and will play a...

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ISIS militants celebrate on vehicles taken from Iraqi security forces, at a street in the city of Mosul, June 12, 2014. REUTERS/Stringer

Nineveh’s Nujaifi: Iran Seeks to Provoke Arab-Kurdish Strife

by Dalshad Abdullah | Aug 4, 2016 | Middle East

Irbil-Former Governor of Nineveh Atheel al-Nujaifi reiterated that Iran’s nonstop determination to incorporate paramilitary militias such as the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in Iraq proves its expansionist intentions. Iran, via proxy militias, wishes to extend...

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Houthis Expel Residents of Gurab in Order to Transform it Into Military Zone

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 3, 2016 | Middle East

Saudi led Arab coalition aircraft targeted military supplies belonging to Houthi militias and those loyal to the ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh in the district of Hayfan, south Taiz. Local witnesses told Asharq Al-Awsat that the raids carried out by the coalition...

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Insurgency Leadership Fight over Prize War Distribution

Insurgency Leadership Fight over Prize War Distribution

by Sa'ed Al-Abyadh | Jul 26, 2016 | Middle East

Jeddah – Intense disputes had ignited between Houthis’ leadership and presidential guards in several locations. Insurgents’ leadership in Sanaa has not been able to deal with these disagreements that are spreading widely. High ranking Yemeni source stressed that...

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Hadi to UN Envoy: We Seek Peace Preceded by Serious Intentions to Achieve it

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 16, 2016 | Middle East

During a meeting with the special envoy of the UN Secretary General for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed in the Saudi capital Riyadh yesterday, the Yemeni President Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi stressed the Yemeni government’s eagerness for peace and the establishment of a...