by Hamza Mustafa | Sep 6, 2014 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s outgoing prime minister and speaker of parliament have been offered the posts of vice president, along with Iraqiya bloc leader Iyad Allawi, as Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Haider Al-Abadi seeks to announce a new government...
by Hamza Mustafa | Oct 6, 2013 | Profiles
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Politics in Iraq is not the art of the possible. Rather, Iraqi politics is closer to the art of the impossible, an all-or-nothing game that offers players the chance to either reach the pinnacle of political power, or see their ambitions...
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 27, 2013 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi parliamentary speaker Osama Al-Nujaifi was forced to adjourn a parliamentary session yesterday after a fight broke out between two MPs. A physical confrontation took place between Iraqiya bloc MP Haidar Al-Mulla and Sadirist movement MP...
by Ma'ad Fayad | Apr 17, 2013 | Interviews
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Osama Al-Nujaifi, the speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives and a leading figure in Al-Iraqiya coalition led by Iyad Allawi, was once among the most optimistic of Iraqi leaders and officials about the direction of the country’s...
by Hamza Mustafa | Mar 8, 2013 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—The approval of Iraq’s controversial 2013 budget yesterday was marred by further controversy after a physical altercation broke out between two rival MPs, Asharq Al-Awsat has learnt. The Iraqi parliament concluded its longest legislative...
