Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s bid to return to power has stalled abruptly after the US delivered blunt warnings against the formation of a…
Since protests erupted in Iran, political elites in Iraq have quietly debated whether the “Islamic Revolution” in Tehran might be nearing a rapid collapse. Yet…
In an unusual development, informed sources told Asharq Al-Awsat that the Iraqi government and influential political actors received two extraordinary warning…
A senior Iraqi security official urged his driver to pick up speed as they raced toward Damascus airport. He needed to catch a flight back to Baghdad, while…
Asharq Al-Awsat has learned that former Iraqi Prime Minister and head of the State of Law coalition Nouri al-Maliki has been “fully” tasked by the Shiite pro…
Iraq’s Coordination Framework has reached what insiders describe as almost final criteria for choosing the next prime minister, the most important of which is…
Months before his assassination, former Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah believed that the “support war” his party had launched against Israel in…
Iraqi and Lebanese clerics have, for the first time, revealed that the office of Iraq’s top Shiite authority, Ali al-Sistani, sent a letter to Hezbollah in…
