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British Foreign Secretary William Hague speaks to journalists following a meeting with Palestinian President on May 23, 2013 in the West Bank city of Ramallah. (AFP/Abbas Momani)

Hague on the Syrian Crisis, Hezbollah, and Iran

by Mina Al-Oraibi | May 25, 2013 | Interviews

Amman, Asharq Al-Awsat—During his Middle East tour last week, British Foreign Secretary William Hague focused on one major issue, namely the on-going Syrian crisis. Asharq Al-Awsat spoke with Hague at the residence of Peter Millett, the British Ambassador in Jordan,...

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Iraqi Sunni Muslims wave the old flags of Iraq during an anti-government demonstration in Falluja, 50 km (31 miles) west of Baghdad May 3, 2013. (REUTERS/Mohanned Faisal)

Opinion: How Can Iraq Avoid Another Hawijah?

by Osman Mirghani | May 11, 2013 | Opinion

Today, the situation in Iraq is reminiscent of the events that led to a virtual civil war in 2006—at least in the opinion of former US ambassador to Iraq, Ryan Crocker, who published an article in the Washington Post a few days ago. Regardless of the extent to which...

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Shiite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr speaks during a press conference in the Shi’ite holy city of Najaf. (AP Photo/ Alaa al-Marjani)

Sadr Criticizes Maliki as Violence Escalates

by Hamza Mustafa | May 3, 2013 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Sadrist Movement leader Moqtada Al-Sadr accused Iraqi prime minister Nuri Al-Maliki of entrenching sectarianism in the country in a speech on Wednesday. In a speech at the opening of the second Fatima Zahra Conference for religious dialogue...

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Coptic Pope Tawadros II, head of Coptic Orthodox church, gestures during an interview with Reuters in Cairo, April 25, 2013. (REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih)

Coptic Pope Turns Up the Heat

by Mahmud El Shafey | Apr 27, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Coptic Pope Tawadros II has further stoked sectarian tensions in Egypt by calling the official account of clashes at Cairo’s Saint Mark’s cathedral on April 7 “a pack of lies.” In the first official interview since sectarian clashes erupted in...

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Iraqi soldiers surround an ambulance as it arrives at a hospital following clashes between security forces and anti-government protesters, allegedly infiltrated by militants, on April 23, 2013. Source: AFP Photo/Marwan Ibrahim

Iraqi Officials Say 23 Dead after Protests in Hawija

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 23, 2013 | Middle East

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Clashes broke out earlier today, Tuesday, April 23, between Sunni protesters and Iraqi security forces. In a statement, Iraqi officials said that 23 people had died at a makeshift protest camp in the town square at Hawija, near Kirkuk, although...