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INTERVIEW: Could Iraq’s election be a turning point for the country?
May 18, 2018
AL-JAZEERA INTERNATIONAL: The preliminary results are in but it could take weeks before official winners are announced in Iraq’s parliamentary elections. That delay has some political leaders claiming fraud and urging the Election Commission to have a …
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INTERVIEW: Shock election results in Iraq
May 18, 2018
AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION: Iraq recently held its first parliamentary election since the defeat of Islamic State on its territory. Seasoned observers expected the incumbent Prime Minister, Haider al-Abadi, who is favoured by the US, to win …
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ARTICLE: Why Iraq’s surprising election doesn’t signal major changes
May 18, 2018
THE WASHINGTON POST: Preliminary results for Iraq’s recent round of elections are in, and keeping with previous years, there are many surprises. Contradicting most polling data and analysts’ predictions, incumbent Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi’s allia …
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INTERVIEW: Iraqi Shiite cleric takes surprise lead in Iraq’s parliamentary elections
May 15, 2018
AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION: A Shia nationalist cleric in Iraq who led two uprisings against American troops has taken a surprise lead in parliamentary elections results. Shiite cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr appears to have tapped into public resentme …
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ARTICLE: What to expect from Iraq’s election?
May 15, 2018
ALJAZEERA ENGLISH: This week’s elections in Iraq are unlikely to produce any earth-shattering results. There is far more electoral competition between parties in Iraq than most other countries in the region, including Lebanon where voters this week ret …
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ARTICLE: Here’s what old constitutional debates tell us about the new crisis in Iraqi Kurdistan
October 31, 2017
THE WASHINGTON POST: The day before a Sept. 25 independence referendum, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) published a 30-page report arguing that Iraq is a “voluntary union” in which Kurdistan has “retained its sovereign status.” The report also …
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ARTICLE: What next for Iraq after the failed Kurdish referendum?
October 29, 2017
AL-JAZEERA: The punditry world has never been as united as it is today: virtually everyone agrees that the independence referendum that was organised on 25 September in Iraqi Kurdistan was an unmitigated disaster. There is also a consensus on what fact …
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REPORT: Libya’s final draft constitution – A contextual analysis
October 4, 2017
CONSTITUTIONNET: On 29 July 2017, Libya’s Constitution Drafting Assembly (CDA) achieved what many were starting to think was impossible. Over two thirds of its members, including a majority from the eastern region, approved a final draft constitution. …
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ARTICLE: Decoding Muqtada al-Sadr’s Gulf visits
August 22, 2017
ALJAZEERA ENGLISH: Muqtada al-Sadr is the scion of one of Iraq’s most important families of Shia clerics, which has traditionally been associated with the country’s poor underclass. Following the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, the Sadrist movement took u …
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ARTICLE: Can Anyone Stop Iran From Taking Over Iraq?
August 22, 2017
THE NEW YORK TIMES: Mosul is back in the Iraqi government’s hands and the war against the Islamic State seems to finally be approaching its end. This is the good news. But one of the byproducts of the campaign is that Iran’s reach now extends even deep …
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