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No way out as Iraq's dangerous post-election impasse deepens
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEight months after national elections, Iraq still doesn’t have a government and there seems to be no...
Lawmakers from Iraq's biggest bloc resign amid impasse
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoDozens of lawmakers who make up the biggest bloc in Iraq's parliament resigned on Sunday amid a...
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani Fast Facts
CNN via AOL· 10 months agoHere’s a look at the life of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s most influential Shiite cleric. Personal Birth date: August 4, 1930 Birth place:...
Iraq's PM to push for regional dialogue at Mideast summit
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIraq’s caretaker prime minister, whose country is mired in political crisis, says it is in Iraq’s...
Biden to host Iraq’s leader as Mideast tensions soar
Military Times via Yahoo News· 1 month agoWASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to host Iraq’s leader this week for talks that come as tensions across the Middle East have soared over the...
Iraqi PM: Political crisis undermining security achievements
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIraq’s caretaker Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi warned Saturday that the political crisis in the...
Iraqi cleric calls for dissolution of parliament, early vote
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoInfluential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr told followers Wednesday to continue their sit-in inside...
Voter apathy and concerns about violence mark Iraq's first provincial elections in a decade
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 5 months agoIraqis began voting for the first time in a decade Saturday to select new provincial council...
Results in Iraqi provincial elections show low turnout and benefit established parties
Associated Press via AOL· 5 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 ...
20 years on, George W. Bush's promise of democracy in Iraq and Middle East falls short
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn Iraqi person walks down a road blocked by burning tires in Basra in August 2002. Hussein...