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Iraq’s parliament has elected Nizar Amidi as president, five months after elections failed to produce a decisive majority. The vote took place Saturday.
News Iraq » Baghdad » Politics: Iraq focuses on political appointees, economic challenges amid Iran ceasefire
Baghdad is shifting toward political stabilization and economic challenges during the fragile post-conflict phase that follows more than a month of US-Israeli strikes on Iran and Iranian-backed ...
News Iraq » Baghdad » Politics: Iraq elects Amedi as President
Iraq’s parliament chose Nizar Amedi as president on Saturday, after incumbent Abdul Latif Rashid withdrew from running for a second term, in a vote that reflected changing […] ...
News Iraq » Baghdad » Politics: Iraq Picks President, Shiite Bloc Struggles to Unite
The Iraqi parliament elected Nizar Amidi as President of the Republic of Iraq on April 11, thus completing the most complex step in the marathon of forming a new government, and opening a new ...
News Iraq » Baghdad » Politics: Iraq’s Gas Capture Plan Signals a Strategic Shift
New gas capture and LNG projects—supported by U.S. firms like Excelerate Energy and KBR—aim to boost domestic power supply and reduce dependence on Iran.
News Iraq » Baghdad » Politics: Iraq names Kurdish politician Nizar Amedi as President ending political deadlock
Iraq’s parliament has elected Nizar Amedi as president, ending months of political paralysis and shifting focus to the formation of a new government.
News Iraq » Baghdad » Politics: Iraq is caught in the crossfire of the Iran war, with attacks by both sides on its soil
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Iraq is getting caught in the crossfire of the Iran war as the only country facing strikes from both sides, and that threatens to drag the nation that has so far avoided two years ...
News Iraq » Baghdad » Politics: Iraq seeks to revive oil pipeline through Saudi Arabia
Iraq is banking on improved relations with neighbouring Saudi Arabia to revive a four-decade-old pipeline that had carried Iraqi crude to the Red Sea away from the perilous Strait of Hormuz. Opec’s ...
News Iraq » Baghdad » Politics: The price of unilateral war: Iraq’s political and security challenges
Despite the complexities of the Iraqi political scene and the state of division, moving toward participation in the ongoing asymmetric war by semiofficial actors without going through the ...