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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, […]
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A picture taken with a mobile phone shows an armoured vehicle belonging to Iraqi security forces in flames on June 10, 2014, after hundreds of militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) launched a major assault on the security forces in Mosul, some 370 kms north from the Iraqi capital Baghdad. (AFP PHOTO/STR)
Analysis: Is the fall of Mosul the end of Maliki?
Following the dramatic fall of Mosul yesterday, Islamic State of Iraq and the Syria (ISIS) extremists advanced overnight into the oil refinery town of Baiji, setting the courthouse and police station on fire. Baiji contains Iraq’s biggest refinery, with a refining...Caption:
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Nechervan Barzani, head of the Kurdistan Regional Government, pose for photographers before a meeting in Ankara, Turkey, on November 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Kayhan Ozer, Turkish Prime Minister’s Press Office)
Iraqi Kurdistan says foreign ties remain strong despite tensions with Baghdad
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG) head of foreign relations said on Saturday that the autonomous region’s links with foreign states remained strong, despite worsening tensions with the Iraqi federal government. Speaking to Asharq...Caption:
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki casting his vote at a polling station in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone on April 30, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / ALI AL-SAADI)
Iraq: Key Shi’ite coalitions urge withdrawal of Maliki’s bid for third premiership
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Rival Shi’ite political blocs have reiterated their strong opposition to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki’s bid for a third term in office, amid claims by each side that they secured the majority required to form a government. The...Caption:
A vendor displays material used for traditional Kurdish costumes at a market on February 23, 2014 in Erbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. (AFP Photo/Safin Hamed)