After nearly a year’s deadlock, Iraq’s parliament elected a new speaker Thursday. Prominent Sunni lawmaker Mahmoud ...

After a nearly yearlong vacuum, Iraq’s Parliament has elected a new speaker, selecting a prominent Sunni lawmaker who has a close relationship with Iran ...

Final results from this month’s vote for the regional parliament in Iraq’s semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region show the ...

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's parliament elected on Thursday Sunni lawmaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani as its speaker, the Iraqi ...

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani congratulated newly-elected parliament speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani following ...

The Iraqi parliament elected Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani as its new speaker after a dispute that lasted for a year between Sunni forces.

Under the country’s sectarian power-sharing system, the parliament speaker is always Sunni, the prime minister Shia and the president Kurdish. The role of speaker is crucial in Iraq’s often ...

BAGHDAD — After a nearly yearlong vacuum, Iraq’s Parliament elected a new speaker Thursday, selecting a prominent Sunni lawmaker who has a close relationship with Iran. Mahmoud al-Mashhadani ...

Iraq's Parliament has elected a new speaker, Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, after nearly a year without one. Al-Mashhadani, a Sunni ...

Iraq’s ruling party in the oil-rich autonomous region of Kurdistan won the most seats in this month’s legislative election, ...