by Samir Shakir Sumaydee | May 18, 2014 | Debate
Iraq is a devastated country whose people are exhausted. The country was destroyed by its leader, Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki, who is ignorant and backwards. He tightened his grip on the country and made a mockery of everything in order to maintain his stranglehold....
by Amin Hattit | May 18, 2014 | Debate
As in the previous Iraqi elections, Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki was the strongest contender this time around, with a vast distance reportedly opening up between him and his opponents. Sectarian, ethnic and religious divisions have allowed Shi’ites the right to head...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 28, 2014 | Middle East
London, Dubai and Amman, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s military, police, and medical staff began to cast votes in the country’s general election on Monday, despite attempts by militants to disrupt this week’s polls. A string of attacks were reported on security checkpoints...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 27, 2014 | Middle East
Baghdad, AP—Two attacks killed at least six people on Saturday in the Iraqi capital, where police also discovered nine bodies, some of them riddled with bullets, officials said. The bloodshed comes a day after a coordinated bomb attack on a campaign rally for a...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 14, 2014 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—The leader of Iraq’s Sadrist movement, Moqtada Al-Sadr, met with Iraq’s most senior Shi’ite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani, in a well-publicized visit on Sunday, despite Sadr’s repeated claims that he has retired from Iraqi politics. A...
