Tag: Iraq elections 2018
Cleric Moqtada al-Sadr says Iraqis should unite instead of seeking repeat...
BAGHDAD: Iraqi Cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called on Iraqis on Monday to unite instead of burning ballot boxes and seeking to repeat an election on...
Iraqi ballot box storage site catches fire in Baghdad
BAGHDAD: A storage site housing half of Baghdad’s ballot boxes from Iraq’s parliamentary election in May caught fire on Sunday, just days after parliament...
Iraq names judges to take over elections commission
BAGHDAD: Iraq’s Supreme Judicial Council, the highest judicial authority, named judges on Sunday tasked with taking over the country’s elections commission following allegations of...
Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s bloc wins Iraq election
BAGHDAD: A political bloc led by populist cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, a long-time adversary of the United States who also opposes Iranian influence in Iraq,...
Fiery cleric, paramilitary leader surge at Iraq elections
BAGHDAD: An alliance headed by nationalist cleric Moqtada Sadr and a rival bloc of pro-Iranian former fighters appeared to surge Monday in surprise preliminary...
Iraqis start voting in first election since defeating Islamic State
BAGHDAD: Iraqis began voting in the first parliamentary election on Saturday since defeating Islamic State, but few people expect its new leaders to deliver...
Islamic State threatens polling station attacks ahead of Iraq vote
BAGHDAD: Islamic State said it would attack polling stations in Iraq during parliamentary election next month and that anyone who participated in the vote...
