by Asharq Al-Awsat | Mar 7, 2016 | Latest News, Middle East
Baghdad- A meeting was successfully held in Karbala after escalated conflicts among parties of the National Alliance, the largest bloc in the Iraqi parliament, mainly between Leader of Dawa Party, PM Haider al-Abadi and Leader of the Sadrist Movement, Muqtada al-Sadr,...
by Hamza Mustafa | Sep 16, 2014 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Political wrangling over the remaining unfilled posts in Iraq’s new government continued on Monday, as reports suggested members of the country’s main Shi’ite political bloc remained at loggerheads over their preferred candidate for interior...
by Hamza Mustafa | Sep 10, 2014 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—After successfully managing to form a government on Monday, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi faces a difficult week of talks with the Shi’ite National Alliance and Sunni Iraqi Forces Alliance to agree on names for the interior and defense...
by Ma'ad Fayad | Sep 5, 2014 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Iraq’s various political parties are pursuing a dangerous policy of brinkmanship over the formation of a new government with Iraqi Prime Minister-designate Haider Al-Abadi facing a September 11 deadline to announce a new cabinet. Discussions...
by Hamza Mustafa | Aug 31, 2014 | Middle East
Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat—Talks between the Sunni Iraqi Forces Alliance and the Shi’ite National Alliance on the formation of a new Iraqi government led by Prime Minister-designate Haider Al-Abadi collapsed on Saturday. Salman Al-Jumaili, head of the Sunni delegation...
