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Ali Mamouri

Ali Mamouri was the Associate Editor of Iraq at Al-Monitor.

How Iraq just legalized discrimination of minorities

Ali Mamouri

How to resolve Iraq's economic crisis

Ali Mamouri

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani waits for U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry before their meeting at the Diwan Palace in Doha, August 3, 2015. Kerry is meeting his Gulf Arab counterparts for talks in Qatar as he attempts to ease the concerns of key allies over the Iran nuclear deal. REUTERS/Brendan Smialowski/Pool - RTX1MTEV

Is Qatar Iran's door to the Gulf?

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Supporters of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki hold his portrait outside al-Dawa party's headquarters as they celebrate his return to Baghdad, 05 January 2008. Maliki arrived home today a week after flying to Britain for medical tests, saying in a newspaper interview he was determined to bring about reconciliation in the deeply divided country. AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)

Is Iraq’s Dawa Party on verge of division?

Ali Mamouri

Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba at the Grand mosque during the annual Haj pilgrimage, in the holy city of Mecca October 17, 2013. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the Haj by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa (SAUDI ARABIA - Tags: RELIGION) - RTX14EKI

Will Saudi Arabia give up hajj management?

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Shiite clerics from Hashid Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) forces, allied with Iraqi forces against the Islamic State, pray in Tikrit March 28, 2015. Four Iraqi soldiers were killed in street fighting with Islamic State militants in Tikrit overnight as they advanced slowly into the city, a Sunni jihadist bastion, in the wake of coalition air strikes, a security official said. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani - RTR4V9FA

Even clerics are joining Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units

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People hold crosses during a rally organised by Iraqi Christians living in Germany denouncing what they say is repression by the Islamic State militant group against Christians living in Iraq, in Berlin, August 17, 2014. REUTERS/Thomas Peter (GERMANY - Tags: POLITICS RELIGION CIVIL UNREST) - RTR42QAF

Iraq sees exodus of minorities

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How to rein in Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units

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Iraqis protest corruption, lack of services while politicians blame everyone but themselves

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Iraqi men walk past posters advertising a pornographic film at a cinema
in Baghdad, April 30, 2003. Pornography and prostitution was officially
banned under the regime of Saddam Hussein until his ousting from power
by U.S.-led forces two weeks ago.

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XXX trumps IS as Iraqi lawmakers focus on eradicating Internet porn

Ali Mamouri

Saudi-Iranian understanding key to nuclear deal's success

Ali Mamouri

Iraqi Vice President Nuri al-Maliki (C) speaks with Hamid al-Jazaeiri (R), Deputy Commander General of Saraya al-Khorasani, at a ceremony honouring fighters of the group who died during their fight against the Islamic State, in Baghdad February 21, 2015. Families, military personnel and delegates attended the event in Baghdad to honour fighters of the Iraqi Shi'ite militia group formed in 2013 in response to Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's call to fight Sunni jihadists in Syria and later in

Is Maliki making a comeback?

Ali Mamouri