Articles tagged with: bombings
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Monday, 15 Apr, 2013
LONDON, Asharq Al-Awsat—At least 20 people were killed and over 100 wounded on Monday, April 15 in a series of car bombings targeting mainly Shi'a areas across Iraq.
With the provincial elections due to take place on April 20, there is great concern that such violent attacks could influence the outcome of the elections. The elections are being closely watched as they are considered a test of political stability after the end of US involvement in the country. Fear of further attacks migh...
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Monday, 21 Jan, 2013
While Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki is in no position to refuse Tehran, his own power calculations have driven a continued relationship with Damascus, even twenty-one months into the Syrian uprising. Maliki’s support of Bashar Al-Assad now threatens to destabilize his command at home.
Prior to the Arab uprisings, Maliki had a burgeoning relationship with the Syrian president; trade relations between the two neighbors benefited both of their economies. At the same time, Tehran’...
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Wednesday, 18 Jul, 2012
As the international community’s efforts to resolve the crisis in Syria have reached a deadlock with stark disagreements over the UN Security Council draft resolution current...
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Friday, 23 Dec, 2011
This week’s coordinated bombings in Baghdad are only the latest instance of growing sectarian tension in Iraq. The competition is at the very heart of Iraq's government, betw...
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Wednesday, 7 Dec, 2011
It was a country poised to celebrate the recent strides it had made, yet on Tuesday Afghanistan’s citizens stood weeping outside a Kabul hospital near a pile of blood stained...
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