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Iraqi Turkmen children stand in their tent at a refugee camp in Dohuk province, Iraqi Kurdistan, on November 21, 2014.
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Iraqi Turkmen demand formation of own military force

by Dalshad Abdullah | Dec 12, 2014 | Middle East

Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s Turkmen should have their own forces in order to repel Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) attacks on their areas, a senior Turkmen figure told Asharq Al-Awsat. In exclusive comments to Asharq Al-Awsat the leader of the Iraqi Turkmen...

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Iraq’s Prime Minister-designate Haider Al-Abadi speaks during a news conference in Baghdad on August 25, 2014. (Reuters/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud)

Talks on new Iraqi government collapse

by Hamza Mustafa | Aug 31, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Talks between the Sunni Iraqi Forces Alliance and the Shi’ite National Alliance on the formation of a new Iraqi government led by Prime Minister-designate Haider Al-Abadi collapsed on Saturday. Salman Al-Jumaili, head of the Sunni delegation...

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Syrian refugees cross the border into the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, August 19, 2013. (REUTERS/Azad Lashkari)

The Sectarian Map of Syria

by Eyad Abu Shakra | Sep 1, 2013 | Features

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Since the dawn of history, Syria has lain at the crossroads of mankind’s greatest commercial religious and political powers. However, the land known as the Fertile Crescent has seen more than just the rise and fall of great ancient...

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A man wounded by a suicide bomber in Tuz Khurmato city is carried to a hospital in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, June 25, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer (IRAQ – Tags: CIVIL UNREST)

Iraq: Tuz Khormatu declared disaster area following terrorist attacks

by Hamza Mustafa | Jun 28, 2013 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—The Iraqi government declared the disputed town of Tuz Khormatu a disaster zone following the recent string of bombings targeting protestors bemoaning the deteriorating security situation in the city. The bombings killed and injured hundreds...