by Asharq Al-Awsat | Sep 5, 2013 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—One of the top aides of Iraq’s Saddam-era vice-president Izzat Ibrahim Al-Douri was arrested on Wednesday, Iraqi authorities’ announced. Samir Shwaili, media spokesman of the head of Iraq’s anti-terrorism agency, said that Iraqi...
by Tariq Al-Hashemi | Apr 20, 2013 | Opinion
Ten years on from the occupation, the Iraqi people are still divided and preoccupied with searching for a way out of their national disaster. The Americans, for their part, are also confused and divided and unable to agree on a way out from their own financial and...
by Amir Taheri | Mar 17, 2013 | Features
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Ten years, already. Yes, the people of Iraq have completed their first decade without a despot who had invaded every aspect of their life with a mixture of brutality and cynicism. And, yet, many Iraqis have not yet succeeded in filing away...