Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi confirmed he is feeling fine after a rocket attack on his house and called for "calm and restraint from all, for Iraq." Al-Kadhimi tweeted that ".
Iraq’s elections will be held on Sunday, but members of the country’s protest movement are already planning on boycotting the event. They say that the election process is corrupt, with paramilitary wings of incumbent parties attacking opposition supporters. With low turnout, the Shi’ite cleric Moqtada Al Sadr’s party is expected to win a large share of seats and possibly control of the government. Special Correspondent Simona Foltyn reports.
Iraqis will vote in snap parliamentary elections this Sunday, for the first time since protests rocked the country in 2019. SIPRI s @ShivanFazil and @odriscoll dylan explain what s at stake - and why the new government will have no time to lose.