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Kuwait’s national airline resumes Iraq flights in sign of post-war thaw

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 21, 2013 | Business

Baghdad, Reuters—A scheduled Kuwait Airways flight landed in Iraq late on Wednesday for the first time since the 1990 Iraqi invasion, in the latest sign of improved ties between the neighbours. Kuwait’s national airline flew 100 passengers to Najaf, 160 km (100...

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An Iraqis man talks on the phone at the site of a car bomb attack in the Karrada neighborhood in central Baghdad on November 20, 2013 (AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)

Wave of attacks in Iraqi capital kills at least 29

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Nov 20, 2013 | Middle East

Baghdad, AP—A wave of bombings hit mainly Shi’ite and busy commercial areas in and outside Baghdad on Wednesday morning, killing at least 29 people and wounding 104, Iraqi officials said. The attacks, mostly by car bombs, were part of a surge in violence that...

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Shiite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr speaks during a press conference in the Shi’ite holy city of Najaf. (AP Photo/ Alaa al-Marjani)

Sadr: Terrorism rules Iraq

by Ma'ad Fayad | Oct 14, 2013 | Middle East

Najaf, Asharq Al-Awsat—In an exclusive interview with Asharq Al-Awsat the head of Shi’ite Sadr Movement Moqtada Al-Sadr said that Iraq is ruled by terrorism, and predicted that the situation will worsen in the near future. “Iraq today is at the height of danger and...

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Fighters from Iraq’s Islamist Shi’ite militias pose for pictures before departing to Syria from Baghdad, June 11, 2013. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani

Syrian conflict increases Shi’ite divisions

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jul 21, 2013 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Senior Shi’ite ayatollahs in Qom, Iran, have issued edicts urging their followers to join the fighting in Syria, while many Iraqi clerics based in Najaf remain opposed to involvement in the fighting. Shi’ite militia commanders responsible for...