by Hamza Mustafa | Dec 11, 2013 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s powerful Iraqiya bloc appears to have fragmented in the run-up to forthcoming parliamentary elections, with leader Iyad Allawi forming a new electoral list set to be named the “National Iraqiya” bloc, and prominent members Saleh...
by Hamza Mustafa | Nov 13, 2013 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi Agriculture Minister Izz Al-Din Al-Dawla has announced the formation of a political coalition called Al-Tariq (“The Way”) to run in the 2014 parliamentary elections. Dawla, formerly a leading figure in Iyad Allawi’s Iraqiya List and the...