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File photo of Iraqi Shi’ite politician Ammar Al-Hakim gesturing during a speech in Baghdad. (Reuters)

Ammar Al-Hakim calls for “National Honor Code” in Iraq

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 24, 2013 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—All political sides in Iraq are examining a new initiative launched by Ammar Al-Hakim, leader of the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI), which aims to put an end to the political division in the country. Earlier this week, Ammar Al-Hakim...

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Masked Sunni protesters wave Islamist flags while others chant slogans at an anti-government rally in Fallujah on April 26, 2013.
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“Sunnism is Our Slogan”

by Malik Al-Abdeh | Apr 30, 2013 | Majalla Blogs

Exactly a decade after the US invasion toppled Saddam Hussein, sectarian tensions are again threatening to turn back the clock in Iraq. The trigger this time was the storming of a Sunni protest camp in the northern town of Hawija by government forces that left 23...

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Iraqi Scholars Association Head Sheikh Khalid Al Mulla. (AAA File Photo)

Sheikh Khalid Al Mulla Talks to Asharq Al-Awsat

by Sawsan Abu-Husain | Mar 17, 2013 | Interviews

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Sheikh Khalid Al Mulla, head of the Iraqi Scholars Association in the South, called for all Iraqis to place national identity before sectarianism. He told Asharq Al-Awsat in an interview that “Iraq is under attack by international terrorist...

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Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, center, former prime minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari, left, and Iraq’s Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi, right, are seen at a ceremony marking the 2003 death of Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, June 12, 2010. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Jaafari Sets his Sights on Maliki’s Throne

by Sherzad Shekhani | Jan 16, 2013 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat – The leader of the Shia National Iraqi Alliance (NIA), Ibrahim Al-Jaafari, has recently taken steps with several Iraqi political forces and blocs in order to ease the stagnant political situation in Iraq. The country is going through a...