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
MoreLebanon is preparing for parliamentary elections on May 15 following this week’s deadline for candidate registration. The elections will be the country’s first since it was rocked by popular protests in 2019
MoreOn Saturday, the door was reopened for candidates to run for president in Iraq after a vote by the country’s parliament adopted the decision by 203-62 votes, according to a statement by
MoreLebanon’s Feminist Civil Society Platform has released a list of demands for male and female candidates in the country’s upcoming parliamentary elections in mid-May, as the country continues to grapple with low
MoreOn Monday, Iraq’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad al-Halbousi confirmed that talks were underway between Shia, Sunni and Kurdish parliamentary groups to form a national unity government. Without providing further details, al-Halbousi said the
MoreOn Sunday, marking an important step towards establishing a new government, Mohammed al-Halbousi was elected as a speaker by the new Iraqi parliament, three months after the national elections in October 2021.
MoreOn Sunday, the newly-elected Iraqi parliament held its first session in the capital Baghdad. During the meetings, the parliament is expected to elect a speaker and two deputies. Furthermore, a new president,
MoreTunisia’s suspended parliament should not be reinstated after President Kais Saied seized political power in July, said the Secretary-General of Tunisia’s powerful General Labour Union (UGTT) while also calling for fresh legislative
MoreA long-awaited national budget has been approved by the Israeli Parliament, the Knesset, before a deadline that would have prompted new elections, early on Thursday. A long-winded nightlong vote on hundreds of
MoreAlgerian deputies have presented a bill to criminalize the French colonization of their country between 1830 and 1962, on the sidelines of the escalating crisis between Algiers and Paris. Zakaria Belkheir, the
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