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...
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”...
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...
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...
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...
