by Hamza Mustafa | Jul 23, 2016 | Middle East
Baghdad- Shi’ite on Shi’ite conflict in Iraq has been escalating amidst fierce parliamentary and government clashes. Iraqi sources told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper they fear the clashes may turn into a military conflict, as scores of militias and Shi’ite conflicting...
by Hamza Mustafa | May 3, 2016 | Middle East
Baghdad- Amidst the rising political crisis in Iraq, Sadrist movement leader Muqtada al-Sadr, a Shi’ite cleric, managed to throw his Green Zone protesting supporters off guard by heading on Tuesday secretly to Tehran. Iraqi sourced confirmed that al-Sadr had left the...
by Dalshad Abdullah and Manaf al Obeidi and Hamza Mustapha | Apr 25, 2016 | Middle East
Kirkuk- Yesterday evening fierce clashes fired up once again across Tuz Khormato, the central city located in the Saladin Province, Iraq. The multi-ethnic city, comprising both Kurds and Turkmen, is overwhelmed with militias. The rounds of fire exchanged last evening...
by Ma'ad Fayad | Jun 1, 2013 | Middle East
London/Beirut, Asharq Al-Awsat—The ongoing battle for Al-Qusayr, a strategically important Syrian town close to the Lebanese border, continues to rage on, with Free Syrian Army (FSA) fighters flooding the area to try and win back the town from Assad regime forces....
by Hamza Mustafa | May 3, 2013 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Sadrist Movement leader Moqtada Al-Sadr accused Iraqi prime minister Nuri Al-Maliki of entrenching sectarianism in the country in a speech on Wednesday. In a speech at the opening of the second Fatima Zahra Conference for religious dialogue...
