Government

Coordinating Alliance Proposes Three Candidates for Prime Minister

2022-03-23

The State of Law Coalition revealed three candidates to take the prime minister position...

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Coordination Alliance proposed 4 nominees along with Jafar Al-Sadr

2022-03-13

The Shia Coordination Alliance proposed Jafar Al-Sadr as an official nominee for the next prime minister.

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Expert: approving budget under a caretaker government is a constitutional breach

2022-02-12

Raqya Al-Khazali, a legal expert, clarified that approving the 2022 budget is an exclusive right of the upcoming government...

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Accountability and Justice completes Presidential candidates’ names check

2022-02-01

The Supreme National Commission of Accountability and Justice completed checking on Presidential candidates’ names on Monday...

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Moqtada Warns Opponents: No way Back to Sectarian war or violence

2022-01-12

Moqtada Al-Sadr, the leader of the Sadrist Movement, stressed on forming National Majority Government on Tuesday.

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Iran replies to interfering In Iraq’s Government Formation accusations

2022-01-09

Some political parties are pointing fingers at foreign interference in the political blocs’ talks as these accusations are pointed directly to Iran...

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Baghdad and Irbil agree on terms of region’s share of 2021 budget

2020-12-05

The Iraqi federal government has reached an agreement with the government of Kurdistan region on the latter 2021 budget...

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On Third Try, a New Government for Iraq

2020-05-13

The new Iraqi prime minister has several daunting tasks. Not only must he navigate the politics that delayed his cabinet...

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Post-uprising Iraq: New Players and New Realities

2020-03-29

The past several days have witnessed a great deal of political movement in Iraq as a result of the countrys remarkable current situation. As usual, the actions of Iraq

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Iraq's president tasks Adnan al-Zurfi with forming a new government

2020-03-17

Zurfi, a former governor of Najaf and one-time official in the US occupation, will have 30 days to form a government

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A Storm of Imperfection

2020-02-15

Lebanon is struggling against simultaneous shocks, and the country is in urgent need of a new social contract.

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Distrust fuels protests in the Middle East and North Africa

2019-12-27

Street protests are enveloping the developing world and especially the Middle East and North Africa Algeria...

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As Baghdad celebrates 'dual victory', protesters vow to overthrow entire political elite

2019-12-01

Resignation of premier and football victory provide respite to protesters grief over slain comrades

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Polling Insights on Iraq’s Shia Revolt

2019-11-24

Iraqi Shia have lost faith in their government because it has failed to meet their basic needs in any of these three categories. After the fall of Saddam Hussein and the rise of new governance models

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How Deep Is Anti-Iranian Sentiment in Iraq?

2019-11-24

A regular survey of experts on matters relating to Middle Eastern and North African politics and security.

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Iraq Is Currently Being Shaken by Violent Protests

2019-10-08

Spot analysis from Carnegie scholars on events relating to the Middle East and North Africa

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Speaking Truth to Power

2019-08-09

Many partisans accused President George W. Bush of lying and pressuring the intelligence community to produce intelligence to justify a war that Bush had already chosen

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Protests are making a comeback in the Arab world

2019-03-22

But there are reasons they haven’t gone viral

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Iraq’s Prime Minister Faces Old Challenges to Deliver on Reform

2019-02-06

In his first hundred days on the job, Adel Abdul Mahdi has hit entrenched political roadblocks to choosing cabinet ministers and changing a system of political patronage.

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Arostcratic elite rules Iraq, only misery achieved, journalist

2018-08-05

Since a decade and a half aristocratic elite lived in Iraq with unprecedented lofty life while the ordinary citizen only got injustice and misery

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Challenges facing Iraqi journalists and form of new government

2018-06-21

The Iraqi citizen realized the dangers of the conflicts among the political parties and forces and felt the circle of worry within these groups

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Parliamentary elections, chances for forming Iraqi government, Forum

2018-06-14

Annabaa Dialogue Forum in collaboration with Himmam Dialogue Knowledge Forum held a joint intellectual seminar

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Concepts needed to be understood by governing groups and security dialectics, Iraqi journalist

2018-06-11

Since the downfall of Mosul city and the start of liberation operations, I warned, many times, against the polarization of international media organs, taking into consideration that they try to get the information without any heed to ethical values

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King Abdullah of Jordan: Balancing on an ever-tighter tightrope

2018-06-06

A look at a decade of failed social, economic and political reform in Jordan goes a far way to explain recent mass anti-government protests demanding the resignation of the government.

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