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Iraqi factions call for new government in rival protests
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBAGHDAD (Reuters) -Rival Iraqi factions took to the streets of Baghdad on Friday to call for a new...
Iraq’s Political Paralysis Is a Result of a System the U.S. Helped Create
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMotorists drive past a poster bearing the image of Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr. Iraqi...
Results in Iraqi provincial elections show low turnout and benefit established parties
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 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 ...
Iraqi president says country now peaceful, life is returning
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNearly 20 years after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein by U.S.-led forces, Iraqi President Abdul...
Iraqi leaders vow to move ahead after dozens quit parliament
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIraqi leaders vowed Monday to move forward with efforts to form a government following the shocking...
Voter apathy and concerns about violence mark Iraq's first provincial elections in a decade
Associated Press via AOL· 4 months agoIraqis began voting for the first time in a decade Saturday to select new provincial council...
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Associated Press via Yahoo News· 4 months agoResults in Iraqi provincial elections show low turnout and benefit established parties
Iraq holds first provincial elections in a decade
Reuters via AOL· 4 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...
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...
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani Fast Facts
CNN via AOL· 9 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:...