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Iraq’s Prime Minister Haidar Al-Abadi attends an official ceremony to receive four F-16 fighter jets from the US, at a military base in Balad, Iraq, on 20, 2015. (Reuters/Thaier Al-Sudani)
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Former Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal (L) and former Iraqi prime minister current Vice President Nuri Al-Maliki. (Reuters/Mian Khursheed)
Opinion: Nuri Al-Maliki and Saud Al-Faisal’s Advice
After his recent unprecedented attack on Saudi Arabia and his odious calls for the Kingdom to be placed under “international trusteeship,” Iraqi Vice President Nuri Al-Maliki has surely delivered a knockout blow to any chances of rapprochement between Baghdad and...Caption:
Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki speaks during a news conference with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Baghdad on January 13, 2014. (Reuters/Ahmed Saad)
Iraqi government disavows Maliki comments on Saudi Arabia
Baghdad and Jeddah, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Iraqi leadership on Wednesday distanced itself from comments made by Nuri Al-Maliki, Iraq’s former prime minister and current vice president, in which he referred to Saudi Arabia as a “sponsor and supporter of terrorism.” The...Caption:
In this August 16, 2014 file photo Iraq’s Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi smiles during a meeting with Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Baghdad, Iraq. (Reuters/Hadi Mizban/Pool)
PM Abadi no different from predecessor Maliki, says top Iraqi official
London and Amman, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s government continues to sideline confessional and ethnic minorities in the country, according to a senior Iraqi official. Speaking to Asharq Al-Awsat on Saturday, the official, who heads a prominent political bloc in the...Caption:
Residents gather to protest near the house of prominent Sunni Muslim lawmaker Ahmed al-Alwani, in the centre of Ramadi, on December 29, 2013. (Reuters/Ali al-Mashhadani)