Iraq Elections Return Incumbents, Testing US and Iranian Influence

By Tamer Badawi for the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI). Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News.

Iraq Elections Return Incumbents, Testing US and Iranian Influence

Iraq's elections make ponderous a status quo Washington and Tehran seek to preserve; manoeuvring politicians make work for external powers contesting the fate of Iraq's Iran-backed militia groups.

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