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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: What is the difference between Abadi and Maliki?

by Salman Al-dossary | Aug 18, 2014 | Opinion

Iraq turned a page on a disastrous period in its recent history with the departure of Prime Minister Nuri Al-Malki, whose term in office is now at an end. Maliki has given Saddam Hussein a run for his money in the “worst leader of Iraq” stakes. It is true that the...

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Fuad Masoum, the new president of Iraq and a veteran Kurdish politician, speaks during a press conference in Baghdad on July 24, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / ALI AL-SAADI)

Fuad Masoum: My decision was constitutional

by Hamza Mustafa | Aug 17, 2014 | Interviews

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—The recent struggle to form a new Iraqi government has refocused attention on the country’s presidency, and its new occupant, the veteran Kurdish leader Fuad Masoum, elected to the job by the Iraqi parliament at the end of July. Though largely...

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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)

Opinion: Sunnis must learn from their mistakes in Iraq

by Tariq Alhomayed | Aug 17, 2014 | Opinion

The head of a prominent Sunni Arab tribe in Iraq has said that Arab Sunni leaders and clerics in Sunni-majority provinces are prepared to join the new government, but only if certain “conditions” are met. The news reports that covered this statement failed to clarify...

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Iraq’s prime minister of eight years, Nuri Al-Maliki, announces he is relinquishing his post to Haider Al-Abadi (2nd L) in Baghdad on August 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Iraqi Government)

Iraq’s Maliki finally steps aside, paving way for new government

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 15, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Reuters—Nuri Al-Maliki finally bowed to pressure within Iraq and beyond on Thursday and stepped down as prime minister, paving the way for a new coalition that world and regional powers hope can quash a Sunni Islamist insurgency that threatens Baghdad. Maliki...

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A picture of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad riddled with holes is seen on the facade of the police academy in Aleppo, after it was captured by Free Syrian Army fighters, March 4, 2013. (Reuters/Mahmoud Hassano)

Opinion: The end of Maliki should be a lesson for Assad

by Tariq Alhomayed | Aug 15, 2014 | Opinion

Despite all Nuri Al-Maliki’s attempts to cling to power, which are still ongoing, it is clear that the man is on the way out. Everything that Maliki is doing now is nothing more than an attempt to ensure that he leaves in the best possible position following his...