Nearly a year after Iraq s last parliamentary election, the country s political system remains frozen in crisis. The man who seemed to emerge as kingmaker after last October s vote – Muqtada al-Sadr – proved unable to secure a coalition government, while
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Middle-East Arab News and Opinion - Asharq Al-Awsat is the world’s premier pan-Arab daily newspaper, printed simultaneously each day on four continents in 14 cities
Iraq political crisis: Al-Sadr`s bloc won 73 seats in Iraq`s October 2021 election, making it the largest faction in the 329-seat Parliament, but ever since the vote, talks to form a new government have stalled, and Al-Sadr stepped down from the political process.