Showing posts with label iraq politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label iraq politics. Show all posts
Wednesday, June 13, 2018

Iraq’s al-Sadr Joins Forces With Iran-Backed Coalition To Form A New Government

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Announcement comes exactly one month after an election marred by historically low turnout and fraud allegations [Alaa al-Marjani/Reuters]...
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Saturday, May 19, 2018

Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Coalition Has Won Iraq's Parliamentary Elections

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BBC: Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr's bloc wins Iraq elections An alliance headed by a former Shia militia chief who led two uprisings a...
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Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Shia Leader Muqtada al-Sadr's Coalition Set To Win In Iraq's Parliamentary Elections

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Al Bawaba: Muqtada al-Sadr Set to Win Iraqi Elections, Future of Haider Al-Abadi in Peril With more than 90 percent of votes counted, ...
Monday, May 14, 2018

Shia Leader Muqtada al-Sadr's Coalition Set To Win Iraq Election

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Reuters : Cleric Sadr, in surprise comeback, seems set to win Iraq election BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Nationalist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, a lo...
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Sunday, May 13, 2018

Radical Iraqi Cleric al-Sadr Leads In Early Vote Results

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Al Jazeera: Iraq vote: Initial results show PM Abadi, Muqtada al-Sadr leading Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi appears ahead in voti...
Saturday, May 12, 2018

Polls Have Closed In Iraq. Results Will Be Known In 48 Hours

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Daily Mail: Polls close in Iraq's first election since the defeat of ISIS with reports of low turnout and complaints of problems with...
Thursday, November 2, 2017

Iraq Will Hold Parliamentary Elections On May 15, 2018

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President Donald Trump greets Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi at the White House in Washington, U.S., March 20, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin ...
Sunday, March 27, 2016

Shi'ite Leader Moqtada al-Sadr Leads Protest In Iraq's Green Zone

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Iraqi Shiite Muslim leader Moqtada al-Sadr speaks during a sit-in at the gates of Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone March 27, 20...
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Tuesday, August 11, 2015

Iraq Government Moves Forward On Reforms

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BBC: Iraq reforms: Parliament backs PM Haider al-Abadi's plan The Iraqi parliament has unanimously approved reforms aimed at stamp...
Friday, June 20, 2014

It Appears That Iraq's Current Prime Minister Maliki's Days Are Numbered

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Iraq's Top Shiite Cleric Calls For New Government -- Wall Street Journal 'Effective' Government Needed That 'Avoids Past ...
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Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Iraq Wants Interpol To Arrest it's Former Vice President

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International Alert Issued For Fugitive Iraqi Vice President -- CNN Istanbul (CNN) -- Interpol on Tuesday issued a "red notice" fo...
Monday, January 23, 2012

Is Iraq's Government Coming Apart?

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With U.S. Troops Hardly Gone, Iraq's Government Is Coming Apart -- McClatchy News BAGHDAD — Faster than anyone expected, barely a month ...
Friday, January 6, 2012

More Ominous Developments In Iraq

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The emblem of the militia Asaib Ahl al-Haq was prominent in a recent rally in Baghdad that celebrated attacks on Americans. Michael Kamber f...
Wednesday, January 4, 2012

An Interview With Iraq’s Fugitive Vice President

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Iraq’s Fugitive Vice President -- The Daily Beast/Newsweek Tariq al-Hashimi has an arrest warrant on his head. He speaks to Newsweek about t...
Monday, December 26, 2011

Iraq`s Political Crisis Get's Worse

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Sadrists Call For New Elections In Iraq As Political Turmoil Escalates -- Washington Post/AP BAGHDAD — The political party loyal to radical ...

Iraq's Vice President Wants To Flee The Country

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Iraq's Sunni vice President Tareq al-Hashemi Photo: REUTERS Iraq Vice President Raises Prospect Of Fleeing Country -- The Telegraph Tare...
Thursday, December 22, 2011

Iraq's Prime Minister Moves The Government To Shiite Rule

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Iraq's Maliki Rebuffs Biden, Signals Move To Shiite Rule -- McClathcy News BAGHDAD — Rebuffing a plea by the Obama administration, Iraq...
Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Iraq's Unity Government Is On The Verge Of Collapse

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Iraq’s Shiite Premier Tells Kurds To Hand Over Wanted Sunni VP As Sectarian Tensions Rise -- Washington Post/AP BAGHDAD — Iraq’s Shiite prim...

Iraq's Vice President Flees To The Kurdish North To Escape Terror Charges

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Iraqi PM Urges Kurds To Hand Over VP Tariq al-Hashemi -- BBC Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has urged the Kurdish authorities in northern...
Monday, December 19, 2011

Iraq`s Unity Government Is Unravelling One Day After U.S. Troops Have Left

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In a statement on Monday, Hashemi (pictured) accused Maliki's government of 'deliberate harassment' after his plane was delayed ...