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Saleh Al-Mutlaq, an Iraqi Sunni lawmaker who was disqualified from running in March’s parliamentary elections by the Justice and Accountability Commission for alleged links to Saddam Hussain’s outlawed Ba’ath Party, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Baghdad, Iraq on February 12, 2010. (Reuters/Thaier al-Sudani)

Saleh Al-Mutlaq: Iraq is going through hell

by Ma'ad Fayad | Aug 23, 2014 | Interviews

Amman, Asharq Al-Awsat—Saleh Al-Mutlaq, one of Iraq’s most prominent Sunni politicians, is a controversial figure. The deputy prime minister described outgoing prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki as a “dictator” and “worse than Saddam Hussein”...

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epa04359093 A handout picture released by Iraqi Prime Minister’s office shows Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Haider al-Abadi (C-R) meeting with Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil (C-L), in Baghdad, Iraq, 18 August 2014. Bassil is visiting Baghdad for talks with senior Iraqi officials about the latest developments in the region. EPA/PRIME MINISTER OFFICE/HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO […]

Opinion: What Iraq Needs to Do

by Wafiq Al-Samarrai | Aug 23, 2014 | Opinion

When any country is exposed to a critical and existential war such as the one raging in Iraq, and when sectarian rhetoric becomes prevalent among politicians whose self-serving approach has caused all sorts of tensions, the preservation of the structure of the state...

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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (L) speaks next to speaker of parliament Salim al-Jubouri during a news conference after their meeting with in Baghdad July 26, 2014. (Reuters/Stringer)

Shi’ite militia kill dozens of Iraqi Sunnis in mosque shooting

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 23, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Reuters—Iraqi Shi’ite militiamen machine gunned minority Sunni Muslims in a village mosque on Friday, killing dozens just as Baghdad was trying to build a cross-community government to fight Sunni militants whose rise has alarmed Western powers. A...

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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)

Iraq: Abadi rejects Maliki’s advice on government formation

by Hamza Mustafa | Aug 22, 2014 | Middle East

Amman, Asharq Al-Awsat—Prime Minister-designate Haider Al-Abadi rejected a call made by his predecessor Nuri Al-Maliki not to entertain “preconditions” from Iraq’s Sunnis, stressing that he is committed to forming a national unity government that includes all Iraqi...

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Iraq’s former Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki (R) speaks with Italy’s Prime Minister Matteo Renzi (L) during their meeting in Baghdad August 20, 2014. (REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud)

Iraq: Maliki urges Abadi to reject Sunni and Kurdish preconditions

by Hamza Mustafa | Aug 21, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s outgoing Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki on Wednesday called on his successor to reject any “preconditions” in his attempt to form a government, prompting criticism from the political factions vying for positions in Iraq’s next cabinet....