A few days ago, Iraq witnessed angry crowds storming, burning and destroying most of the mosques and offices of representatives of the Shiite cleric Mahmoud al-Sarkhi in the provinces of central and
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A new Iraqi government should be formed by the country’s political parties if they can unite, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said on Sunday. A statement from al-Kadhimi’s office reads, “I call
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On Wednesday, the Al-Sadr party of Muqtada al-Sadr, the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP), and the Sunni Sovereignty Alliance announced an agreement on naming KDP nominee Reber Ahmed for the Iraqi presidency and
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Talks were held between Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and top Iraqi officials on ways to form a government and end a crippling political crisis in the country. Al-Sadr’s office said in a
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Although more than four months have passed since the general elections in Iraq, the Prime Minister still has not been elected. Ahead of government formation, a president needs to be elected. Iraq’s
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There will be no place for militias in the country’s new government, Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr states on Saturday. The statement made by al-Sadr came on the eve of the first
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The Iraqi Independent High Election Commission (IHEC) announced the official results of the October 10 general elections in a press conference on Tuesday. Five seats in total were affected after the manual
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After the Iran-backed Fatah Alliance lost power to a great extent in Iraq’s October 10th elections, a militia was killed on November 5, during the days-long protests of the pro-Iranian militia groups
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On October 27th, Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) started a limited manual recount of over 2,000 polling stations across the country. The decision to implement the manual recount follows a series
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The Iraqi elections came out with important results that could change the map of power and influence in Iraq. This may affect its relations with the countries of the region, but the
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