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Q&A: Ali Musawi, Adviser to the Prime Minister

A chief adviser to PM Maliki speaks about the civil war in Syria and worsening relations with Turkey, and blames the Iraqi Speaker of Parliament for domestic political gridlock.
Ali Musawi, media adviser to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. (Photo courtesy of the Prime Minister's Media Office)

BAGHDAD - Iraq faces political challenges on all sides: the war in Syria, strained relations with Turkey, pressures from Iran, and ethnic and sectarian divisions within the country.

As the media adviser to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, Ali Musawi shares responsibility for crafting the government's response to these manifold and overlapping crises and communicating its positions to a public that has grown increasingly mistrustful of the country's leaders.

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