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Sheikh Abdel Malik Al-Saadi (Asharq Al-Awsat)
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Employees from the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) count votes at an analysis centre in Baghdad May 9, 2014. (Reuters/Ahmed Saad)
Iraq: Shi’ite Alliance deadlocked over Maliki endorsement
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s largest Shi’ite electoral bloc remained deadlocked over renewing Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki’s term in office, as early polling results suggested that his State of Law Coalition, a former member of the Shi’ite bloc, is on course...Caption:
Election commission officials stand near ballot boxes as they talk during the counting of votes in the central city of Karbala on May 2, 2014 following the country’s general elections. (AFP/Mohammed Sawaf)
Iraq: Ballot count underway, with parties no closer to forming ruling coalition
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—As the Independent Higher Electoral Commission (IHEC) continues the difficult task of counting Iraqis’ votes, the post-election political scene remained fractured as parties began the potentially lengthy process of forming a coalition...Caption:
A man rides his motor bike past a large election campaign banner showing Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki (R) along a street in the central Shiite Muslim shrine city of Karbala, on April 6, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED SAWAF)
Iraq parties trade accusations over security crisis
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Rival political parties in Iraq traded accusations of politicizing the security crisis on Wednesday, one week ahead of legislative elections and amid reports that a suicide attack south of Baghdad killed at least 10 people. Iraqi Prime...Caption:
Election posters are hung along a street in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, on April 1, 2014 ahead of Iraq’s April 30 general elections. (AFP/Marwan Ibrahim)