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Trucks are pictured after crossing the border between Iraq and Turkey as vehicles wait in line to pass Habur border gate near Silopi, Turkey, September 25, 2017. REUTERS/Umit Bektas


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Iraq’s ex-President Jalal Talabani. Reuters/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo


Jalal Talabani Dies at the Age of 83

Jalal Talabani Dies at the Age of 83

Erbil– Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) party announced its leader Jalal Talabani has passed away in hospital in Berlin, Germany, aged 83, after his health had deteriorated. He often went to Germany for medical treatment. In 2005, Talabani became the first Kurdish...
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Iraqi foreign minister Hoshyar Zebari (Asharq Al-Awsat)


Iraqi Foreign Minister on the Syrian Crisis

Iraqi Foreign Minister on the Syrian Crisis

Paris, Asharq Al-Awsat—Following the aftermath of the 2003 US-led invasion and occupation, Iraq has struggled to reassert itself as an independent actor on the international scene, both regionally and globally. Plagued by domestic instability, sectarian strife, and...
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An Iraqi demonstrator flies an old Iraqi flag used between 1991-2004 as others shout slogans during a demonstration on January 18, 2013, in Iraq’s northern province of Kirkuk, criticising Iraq’s Shiite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and demanding the release of prisoners they say are wrongfully held. (AFP PHOTO / MARWAN IBRAHIM)


Old Elites Fighting Old Wars in Old Ways in Iraq

Old Elites Fighting Old Wars in Old Ways in Iraq

In an address at the University of Basra last week, Iraq’s Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki warned against “the threat of sectarianism.” Events in the past weeks give some credence to the warning. We have witnessed mass demonstrations in such Sunni-majority provinces as...
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Iraqi Vice-President Khodhair al-Khozaei addresses the 22nd session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva February 25, 2013. (REUTERS/Denis Balibouse)