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Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei meets with former Iraqi prime minister and vice president Nuri Al-Maliki in Tehran, Iran, in this October 18, 2010 file photo. (Reuters/HO/Official Website of Iran’s Supreme Leader)

Former PM Maliki returns to Iraq after Iran visit

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 20, 2015 | Middle East

Ankara, London and Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s former prime minister and vice president Nuri Al-Maliki has returned to the country after a visit to Iran, his media spokesman confirmed. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat, Abbas Al-Mussawi said Maliki landed in Baghdad on...

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This file picture taken on June 23, 2014 shows former Iraqi prime minister Nuri Al-Maliki meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry (unseen) at the Prime Minister’s Office in Baghdad. (AFP Photo/Pool/Brendan Smialowski)

Iraq: Ex-PM Maliki rejects Mosul report findings

by Hamza Mustafa | Aug 19, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Former Iraqi prime minister Nuri Al-Maliki on Tuesday rejected a report implicating him in the fall of Iraq’s second city Mosul to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in June 2014. In a post on his official Facebook page, Maliki said...

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A file picture taken on February 5, 2011 shows outgoing Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki listening to a question during an interview in Baghdad, Iraq. (AFP Photo/Ahmad Al-Rubaye)

Iraq: Report on fall of Mosul to ISIS calls for ex-PM Maliki to face trial

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 17, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, Reuters—Iraq’s parliament on Monday referred to the judiciary a report calling for the trial of former prime minister Nuri Al-Maliki and dozens of other top officials in connection with the fall of Mosul to the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)...

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Demonstrators chant in support of Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi during a demonstration at Tahrir Square in Baghdad, Iraq, on Sunday, Aug. 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Iraq’s parliament approves reform plan in rare show of unity

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 11, 2015 | Middle East

Baghdad, AP/Asharq Al-Awsat —Iraq’s parliament on Tuesday unanimously approved an ambitious reform plan that would cut spending and eliminate senior posts, including the three largely symbolic vice presidencies, following mass protests against corruption and...

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In this July 15, 2014 file photo, Haider Al-Abadi speaks to the media after an Iraqi parliament session in Baghdad. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Opinion: Is Abadi Staging a Coup in Iraq?

by Tariq Alhomayed | Aug 10, 2015 | Opinion

After weeks of protests in Iraq calling for an end to corruption, better government services, and wide-ranging reforms, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi has proposed canceling the country’s multiple vice president and deputy prime minister posts, as part of a...