On Tuesday, Iraqi President Barham Salih advocated for early legislative elections to resolve a political crisis that erupted into deadly violence this week, leaving dozens dead and hundreds injured. The influential Shia
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On Monday, registration opened for potential candidates to run for next month’s parliamentary elections in Kuwait. Kuwait’s state news agency reported that the registration process will continue for ten days until September
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Kuwait’s state news agency reported on Sunday that the country will hold parliamentary elections on September 29. Calling on voters to elect members of a new 50-seat National Assembly, a decree was
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The dissolution of Iraq’s Parliament and the holding of early elections were called for by Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Wednesday. In a televised speech, al-Sadr said, “There will be no
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Within 72 hours, loyalists of firebrand Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr pulled down the walls of the heavily fortified Green Zone, home to Iraq’s government buildings and foreign embassies, twice. Moreover, they stormed
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Elections are the only way out of the Libyan crisis, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and head of Libya’s Presidency Council, Mohamed al-Menfi, said during a phone call. During a phone call
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Alternative ways to move stalled talks will be recommended by UN Special Adviser on Libya Stephanie Williams in light of continued differences between rivals, according to a statement on Thursday. Williams expressed
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The final readings of a bill to dissolve the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, was passed by Israeli lawmakers on Thursday, paving the way for snap elections scheduled for November 1. With no opposition,
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In the latest United Nations effort to bridge gaps between the country’s rivals, two senior Libyan officials began two days of talks on constitutional arrangements for elections. At the UN headquarters in
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Libyan leaders have been called on by the United States and four European countries to accelerate the establishment of a legal basis for holding elections in the war-torn country. A joint statement
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