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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)

National Guard project cannot easily be disavowed: Iraqi Deputy PM

by Manaf Al-Obaidi | Dec 24, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s National Guard project will go ahead, despite opposition from some domestic political parties, Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Saleh Al-Mutlaq said. In a broad-ranging interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, Mutlaq criticized the time it is taking...

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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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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 Jan. 9, 2006 file photo, Iraq’s Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq, speaks to reporters in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP)

Iraq: Iraqiya bloc fragments and reforms in preparation for elections

by Hamza Mustafa | Dec 11, 2013 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s powerful Iraqiya bloc appears to have fragmented in the run-up to forthcoming parliamentary elections, with leader Iyad Allawi forming a new electoral list set to be named the “National Iraqiya” bloc, and prominent members Saleh...

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Iraqi Finance Minister Rafie al-Issawi attends an anti-government demonstration in Ramadi, 100 km (62 miles) west of Baghdad, March 1, 2013. (REUTERS/Ali al-Mashhadani)

Rafie Issawi: The View from Ramadi

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...