Iraq gets new parliament speaker after yearlong deadlock
After nearly a year’s deadlock, Iraq’s parliament elected a new speaker Thursday. Prominent Sunni lawmaker Mahmoud ...
Iraq's Parliament elects a new speaker to end a nearly yearlong vacuum
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 ...
Dominant Kurdish parties maintain their sway in the election for the parliament in the Iraqi region
Final results from this month’s vote for the regional parliament in Iraq’s semi-autonomous northern Kurdish region show the ...
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Iraq’s parliament elects new speaker, ending yearlong deadlock
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 ...
Iraqi parliament elects Sunni lawmaker al-Mashhadani as speaker, breaking deadlock
Iraq's parliament elected on Thursday Sunni lawmaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani as its speaker, lawmakers said, breaking a nearly year-long deadlock over the position that had remained vacant due to ...
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Iraq's Parliament elects a new speaker to end a nearly yearlong vacuum
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 ...
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Iraq's Parliament Elects Mahmoud al-Mashhadani as New Speaker to End Yearlong Political Vacuum
Iraq's Parliament has elected a new speaker, Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, after nearly a year without one. Al-Mashhadani, a Sunni ...
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Barzani’s KDP earns 39 seats in Iraq’s Kurdistan parliament
Iraq’s ruling party in the oil-rich autonomous region of Kurdistan won the most seats in this month’s legislative election, ...