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Ammar al-Hakim (L), leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) and Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr hold a news conference in Najaf, 160 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, May 8, 2013. (REUTERS/Haider Ala.)

Iraq: Sadr and Hakim demand Maliki resignation

by Hamza Mustafa | Jul 31, 2013 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Two of Iraq’s most prominent Shi’ite figures, Moqtada Al-Sadr and Ammar Al-Hakim, have stepped up their criticism of Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki’s passive reaction to the wave of bombings that struck Baghdad and several other...

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Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, center, former prime minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, left, and Iraq’s Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi, right, are seen at a ceremony marking the 2003 death of Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, June 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Jaafari Sets his Sights on Maliki’s Throne

by Sherzad Shekhani | Jan 16, 2013 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat – The leader of the Shia National Iraqi Alliance (NIA), Ibrahim Al-Jaafari, has recently taken steps with several Iraqi political forces and blocs in order to ease the stagnant political situation in Iraq. The country is going through a...