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A boycott call and security concerns mar Iraq's first provincial elections in a decade
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 6 months agoBaghdad’s streets were nearly empty on Monday, the main day of polling in the country’s first...
Tear gas fired, scores wounded in Baghdad protest marking 2019 unrest
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBAGHDAD (Reuters) -Iraqi security forces fired tear gas and stun grenades on Saturday to disperse...
Iraq holds first provincial elections in a decade
Reuters via AOL· 6 months agoBAGHDAD (Reuters) -Iraqis were voting on Monday in the first provincial council elections in a decade, with the ruling Shi'ite Muslim alliance likely to...
Iraq's ruling Shi'ite alliance leads in provincial elections -initial results
Reuters via Yahoo News· 6 months agoBAGHDAD (Reuters) -Parties that make up Iraq's Shi'ite ruling alliance together took the single...
Iraq's Shi'ite ruling alliance wins more than 100 local council seats
Reuters via Yahoo News· 6 months agoBAGHDAD (Reuters) -Parties that make up Iraq's Shi'ite ruling alliance together took at least 101...
Voter apathy and concerns about violence mark Iraq's first provincial elections in a decade
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 6 months agoIraqis began voting for the first time in a decade Saturday to select new provincial council...
Wedding hall fire kills at least 100 people, injures 150 more in northern Iraq
KREX articles via Yahoo News· 8 months agoBAGHDAD (AP) — A fire at a wedding hall in northern Iraq killed at least 100 people and injured 150...
Iraq, Turkey to elevate security, economic ties after Erdogan visit
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 month agoBAGHDAD (Reuters) -Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said relations with Iraq were entering a new...
Fire tears through wedding hall in Iraq, leaves almost 100 dead
CBS News via Yahoo News· 8 months agoA fire tore through a wedding venue in northern Iraq on Wednesday, killing at least 93 people and...
Results in Iraqi provincial elections show low turnout and benefit established parties
Associated Press via AOL· 6 months agoIraq’s first provincial elections in a decade saw a relatively low turnout and largely benefitted traditional parties, according to results announced Tuesday by the country’s election authorities ...