![Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks during an interview with Reuters in Baghdad January 12, 2014. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, in a striking change of course, is embracing the Sunni Muslim tribal fighters whose role in combating al Qaeda he had allowed to wither after U.S. troops left two years ago. Picture taken January 12, 2014. To match Interview IRAQ/MALIKI REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS) - RTX17CJT](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/03/RTX17CJT.jpg/RTX17CJT.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=ElLrLQOK)
Ahmad al-Rabihi is an Iraqi journalist who worked with the German "Niqash" project, for the Lebanese economic magazine Dinars, the Moroccan Dunya Press, the Iraqi daily Al-Ghad, and the Voice of Iraq. He specializes in economic and social journalism.
![Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks during an interview with Reuters in Baghdad January 12, 2014. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, in a striking change of course, is embracing the Sunni Muslim tribal fighters whose role in combating al Qaeda he had allowed to wither after U.S. troops left two years ago. Picture taken January 12, 2014. To match Interview IRAQ/MALIKI REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS) - RTX17CJT](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2014/03/RTX17CJT.jpg/RTX17CJT.jpg?h=f7822858&itok=ElLrLQOK)