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Iraqi speakership returns to Sunni hands as political shifts underway
Iraq's parliament has elected veteran lawmaker Mahmoud Al-Mashhadani as speaker.
After a year of being held by a Shiite Muslim, the election returned the position to a Sunni Arab per the country's ethno-sectarian apportionment system.
The development comes amid apparent shifts on the Sunni political stage, with some observers speculating that new cross-sectarian alliances could also be in the making.
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