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Fouad Masoum, Iraq’s newly elected president, speaks during a news conference in Baghdad, July 24, 2014. (REUTERS/Ahmed Saad)
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Iraqi Vice-President Iyad Allawi speaks to reporters in Baghdad, Iraq, on December 29, 2013. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Iraq: Allawi proposes “roadmap” to defeat sectarianism
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi Vice-President Iyad Allawi proposed a national unity initiative to the country’s president, prime minister, speaker of parliament, and head of judiciary, on Monday, warning that he saw it as “the last chance” to prevent the country from...Caption:
Fuad Masoum, the new president of Iraq and a veteran Kurdish politician, speaks during a press conference in Baghdad on July 24, 2014. (AFP PHOTO / ALI AL-SAADI)
Iraqi president announces steps towards national reconciliation
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi President Fuad Massoum reaffirmed his intention to push forward a process of national political reconciliation on Tuesday, following a meeting with the UN Special Envoy to Iraq Nikolay Mladenov. “[The Iraqi government] is seeking to take...Caption:
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki (center) greets lawmakers at the first session of the newly elected parliament in the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, July 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
Iraq: Allawi, Nujaifi and Maliki offered VP posts
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...Caption:
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki (center) greets lawmakers at the first session of the newly elected parliament in the heavily fortified Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq, on Tuesday, July 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)