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Refugees fleeing from Mosul head to the self-ruled northern Kurdish region in Erbil, Iraq, 217 miles (350 kilometers) north of Baghdad, on Thursday, June 12, 2014. (AP Photo)

ISIS working to win over Mosul residents

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jun 17, 2014 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is seeking to win over the residents of Iraq’s second city, Mosul, by offering them greater security and cheap power and water. While many Iraqi families initially fled after the militant group and its...

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Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari arrives at an EU–Arab League foreign ministers’ summit in Athens on June 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Iraqi FM: Iraqis themselves must deal with ISIS crisis

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Jun 13, 2014 | Interviews

Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat—As the Al-Qaeda inspired Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) continues to make sweeping advances in the north and west of Iraq, the main question is how the Iraqi government will respond to the threat. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat by...

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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki gives a joint press conference with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon (unseen) in Baghdad about the situation in Iraq and Syria on January 13, 2014. (AFP/Ahmed Saad)

Iraq: Maliki’s call for state of emergency splits politicians

by Hamza Mustafa | Jun 12, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Calls from Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki on Tuesday for a state of emergency to be declared have split lawmakers across the political spectrum, as Al-Qaeda–linked fighters continue to make rapid strategic gains across the country. The...

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An image grab taken from a propaganda video uploaded on June 11, 2014 by jihadist group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) allegedly shows ISIL militants gathering at an undisclosed location in Iraq’s Nineveh province. Militants took control of the Iraqi city of Tikrit and freed hundreds of prisoners today, police said, […]

Opinion: It’s Maliki’s Fault

by Abdulrahman Al-Rashed | Jun 12, 2014 | Opinion

Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden must be laughing in their graves at Nuri Al-Maliki, Iraq’s current prime minister, who is well known for his arrogance and his insolence. Mosul and indeed the entirety of Nineveh province fell into ISIS’s hands earlier this...

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A man looks at a damaged vehicle a day after a car bomb attack in Baghdad, October 3, 2013. Nine civilians were killed and 18 others were wounded in two separate bomb blasts late on Wednesday, police sources said. (REUTERS/Ahmed Malik)

Iraqi army helicopter shot down in clashes with insurgents

by Hamza Mustafa | Oct 3, 2013 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Iraqi Ministry of Defense has confirmed reports that one of its helicopters was shot down in clashes with insurgents who attacked a military base in Bayji, north of Baghdad, on Wednesday. A media adviser for the defense ministry, Lt. Gen....