by Afrah Shawqi | Mar 8, 2014 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Campaigning for the Iraqi parliamentary elections, scheduled for April 30, will begin in just a few days. This election is seeing the widest participation by women to date—there are almost 3,000 female candidates, all of whom are promising...
by Ma'ad Fayad | Feb 12, 2014 | Middle East
London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, head of the Iraqi National Accord party, has confirmed he has no intention to retire from politics, saying he will lead the new Wataniya bloc in the parliamentary elections scheduled to take place on...
by Judith Yaphe | Feb 6, 2014 | The Majalla Magazine
Iraq is only months away from its quadrennial national election for its Council of Representatives, scheduled for April 30. As in most countries with relatively open elections, candidates and factions should be vying for supporters, negotiating coalitions and setting...
by Hamza Mustafa | Dec 16, 2013 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Unknown gunmen attacked the house of leading Iraqi Sunni cleric Abdul Malik Al-Saadi on Sunday, one day after he called for a boycott of upcoming parliamentary elections, dismissing them as “illegitimate” in an interview with Asharq Al-Awsat....
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 10, 2013 | Middle East
Erbil, Asharq Al-Awsat—Sixteen Kurdish political blocs and parties from Kirkuk, 150 miles (235 kilometers) north of Baghdad, said they would stand for the forthcoming Iraqi parliamentary elections on the same electoral list, a Kurdish source told Asharq Al-Awsat. In...
