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Iraqi electoral workers count ballots at a counting center in Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, May 14, 2014. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)

Iraq: Former PM accuses electoral commission of bias

by Hamza Mustafa | May 16, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Former Iraqi prime minister Iyad Allawi launched a fierce attack on the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) on Thursday, accusing its members of being biased in favor of certain political trends. “The IHEC is not qualified to run the...

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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)

Iraqi PM’s opponents seek to deny him a third term

by Hamza Mustafa | Apr 8, 2014 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Opponents of Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki broadened the coalition of groups seeking to prevent him winning a third term in office on Monday, as the campaign for the parliamentary elections at the end of this month reaches its peak....

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A handout picture released by the official website of the Iranian president shows the Islamic Republic’s President Hassan Rouhani (R) meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Tehran on December 5, 2013 (AFP PHOTO / HO / PRESIDENT.IR)

Iraq: Maliki faces criticism at home over Iran visit

by Hamza Mustafa | Dec 5, 2013 | Middle East

Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki arrived in Tehran on Wednesday on a two-day official visit, amid criticism of his trip from domestic opponents. Maliki is scheduled to meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad...