by Ma'ad Fayad | Sep 30, 2014 | Middle East
Amman, Asharq Al-Awsat—“Serious steps” are being taken to clear an exiled Iraqi politician of terror charges as a prelude to his nomination as minister of defense, sources close to Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi informed Asharq Al-Awsat on Monday. “Iraq’s judiciary...
by Ma'ad Fayad | May 8, 2014 | Middle East
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group is in complete control of the city of Fallujah and there are no government forces within the city limits, former Iraqi finance minister and deputy prime minister Rafie...
by Ma'ad Fayad | Apr 14, 2013 | Interviews
Ramadi, Asharq Al-Awsat—On the road from Baghdad to Anbar Province’s capital city of Ramadi on our way to meet with Rafi Al-Issawi, the recently resigned finance minister of Iraq and leading member of the Iraqiya Coalition headed by Iyad Allawi, it was inevitable that...