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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki speaks during the 32nd anniversary of the foundation of the Badr Organization in Baghdad, Iraq, on Saturday, July 27, 2013. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Iraq: Maliki urges political figures to put aside their differences

by Hamza Mustafa | Sep 22, 2013 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—In a speech delivered Friday, Iraqi prime minister Nouri Al-Maliki called on his political rivals to invest in oil rather than seeking foreign investment. During the inauguration ceremony of Al-Gharraf oilfield in the Dhi Qar province in the...

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Followers of radical Shi’ite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr attend Friday prayers in the Sadr City neighborhood in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, June 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

Sadrist MP says movement “most powerful” in Iraq

by Hamza Mustafa | Aug 14, 2013 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—A senior figure from the Sadr Movement, led by Shi’ite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr, said the movement was now the most powerful on the Iraqi political scene on Monday. He also said he was unsurprised by criticism of the Sadr movement from the prime...

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Shiite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr speaks during a press conference in the Shi’ite holy city of Najaf. (AP Photo/ Alaa al-Marjani)

Sadr Movement Withdraw from Maliki’s Committee

by Hamza Mustafa | Jan 24, 2013 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Sadr movement leader, Moqtada Al-Sadr, struck a fatal blow to the seven-member committee tasked by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki to consider the demands of protesters, announcing the withdrawal of all Sadr movement ministers from this...