Abu Dhabi backs Olive in fight for key Baghdad-Amman road
With strong backing from Abu Dhabi and Washington, Olive Group finds itself in a tussle for control of the highly strategic road from Baghdad to Amman.
The tribes of Anbar, the backbone of the Sunni insurrection threatening Nouri al-Maliki's government, are already thinking of the future. Despite their alliance with the jihadist organisation Islamic State, the former Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS or [...] (591 words)
Published on 30/07/2014 at 23:00 GMT
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