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Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki, center, waits for US Secretary of State John Kerry ahead of a meeting at the Prime Minister’s office in Baghdad, Iraq, on Monday, June 23, 2014. (AP Photo/Brendan Smialowski)
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Iraqi electoral workers count ballots at a counting center in Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, May 14, 2014. (AP Photo/ Karim Kadim)
Iraq: Former PM accuses electoral commission of bias
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Former Iraqi prime minister Iyad Allawi launched a fierce attack on the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) on Thursday, accusing its members of being biased in favor of certain political trends. “The IHEC is not qualified to run the...Caption:
Workers from the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) count votes at an analysis center in Baghdad on May 3, 2014. (Reuters/Ahmed Saad)
Iraq: Maliki ignores ISCI leader calls to reform National Alliance
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Al-Maliki rejected calls from the leader of the Shi’a Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI) to reform the National Iraqi Alliance on Saturday. ISCI leader Ammar Al-Hakim called for the recreation of the Alliance, an...Caption:
Former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi in Baghdad, April 2014 (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Iraq: Allawi blames government for flooding
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi accused the Iraqi government of targeting his political party’s supporters during its attempts to end the crisis in Anbar in a wide-ranging interview with Asharq Al-Awsat on Saturday. Allawi, the leader...Caption:
Followers of Shi’ite cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr pray in a street as they attend open-air Friday prayers, in the Shi’ite stronghold of Sadr City, in Baghdad, Iraq, on Friday, April 11, 2014. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)