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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...
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...
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'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 ...