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An anti-government protester runs away from a burning container in Istanbul’s Taksim square June 4, 2013 (REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis)

Opinion: Bitter Turkish Coffee

by Hussein Shobokshi | Jun 5, 2013 | Opinion

Since the outbreak of protests, the people of Turkey—along with everybody else—have been trying to explain the events and understand the anti-government protests that have erupted. According to reports, these began with plans to uproot trees in a public park so that...

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Wreckage of a vehicle lying in the dense forest area at the incident site after the Maoists attack on Congress leaders in Sukma district, Chhattisgarh, India, 26 May 2013. SOurce: EPA/Sanjeev Gupta

India troops launch hunt for rebels who killed 24

by Asharq Al-Awsat | May 27, 2013 | World

New Delhi, AP—Troops fanned out across central India on Monday in a massive manhunt days after hundreds of Maoist rebels attacked a convoy of ruling party members and leaders, killing 24 people in an area considered the stronghold of the rebels, police said. Ram...

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Iraq’s Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks during a ceremony marking a Police Day at the police academy in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013. (AP Photo /Hadi Mizban)

Opinion: Maliki’s “Step One”

by Tariq Alhomayed | May 23, 2013 | Opinion

Following the unrest in the country, the Iraqi Prime Minister called for MPs to boycott the next parliamentary session. He said that “the session will be aggravating and hectic since both Ba’athists and non-Ba’athists advocates of violence and sectarianism...

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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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Tensions in Iraq Escalate Amid Secession Calls

by Khalid Mahmoud | May 5, 2013 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Tensions continued to escalate in Iraq yesterday even after the embattled Baghdad government welcomed the appointment of an official representative to negotiate on behalf of the protesters. In the city of central city of Samarra, Sheikh...

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Iraqi anti-government gunmen from Sunni tribes in the western Anbar province march during a protest in Ramadi, west of Baghdad, on April 26, 2013. (AFP Photo/Azhar Shallal)

Senior Iraqi Officers Accused of Hawijah Massacre

by Hamza Mustafa and Sherzad Shekhani | Apr 28, 2013 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Burham Salih, Deputy Secretary-General of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK), has come out to condemn the killing of unnamed civilians in Hawijah. Speaking exclusively to Asharq Al-Awsat, he said: “We in the leadership of the PUK are...