Will Anbar Elections Go Ahead? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Mustafa al-Kadhimi

Mustafa al-Kadhimi

Mar 27, 2013

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (2nd R) walks across the tarmac of Baghdad International Airport as he prepares to board an aircraft out of the Iraqi capital March 24, 2013. Kerry made an unannounced visit to Iraq on Sunday and said he told Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of his concern about Iranian flights over Iraq carrying arms to Syria. REUTERS/Jason Reed (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS) - RTXXVZZ — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry walks across the tarmac of Baghdad International Airport as he prepares to board an aircraft out of the Iraqi capital, March 24, 2013, following an unannounced visit to Iraq to meet with Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. — REUTERS/Jason Reed

عربي

Iraqi Sunni Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq (L) and Iraqiya Sunni speaker of parliament Osama al-Nujaifi hold a news conference for the seniors of Iraqiya bloc in Baghdad January 18, 2012. REUTERS/Mohammed Ameen (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR2WGNT

Maliki Takes Steps to Ease Political, Social Divisions in Iraq

Mushreq Abbas

Iraqi Sunni Muslims participate in an anti-government demonstration in Falluja, 50 km (31 miles) west of Baghdad May 3, 2013. Tens of thousands of Sunni Muslims poured onto the streets of Ramadi and Falluja in the western province of Anbar following Friday prayers, in their biggest show of strength since the outbreak of protests last year. REUTERS/Mohanned Faisal (IRAQ - Tags: RELIGION POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) - RTXZ985

Iraq's Sunni Protesters Divided Over Government Negotiations

Mushreq Abbas

A man stands guard near the home of prominent Sunni Muslim lawmaker Ahmed al-Alwani after clashes with Iraqi security forces in the centre of Ramadi, December 28, 2013. Iraqi security forces arrested Alwani, a supporter of anti-government protests, in a raid on his home in the western province of Anbar, sparking clashes in which at least five people were killed, police sources said. They said those killed in the fighting included three of Alwani's bodyguards, his sister and his brother. REUTERS/Ali al-Mashh

Resolution of Anbar crisis requires security, political coordination

Mushreq Abbas

Tribal fighters deploy themselves on the streets of Ramadi January 6, 2014. Iraq's prime minister urged people in the besieged city of Falluja on Monday to drive out al Qaeda-linked insurgents to pre-empt a military offensive that officials said could be launched within days. In a statement on state television, Nuri al-Maliki, a Shi'ite Muslim whose government has little support in Sunni-dominated Falluja, called on tribal leaders to drive out militants who last week seized key towns in the desert leading t

Iraq: Four armed groups fighting in Fallujah

Mushreq Abbas