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By Reidar Visser. The following article was published by Reidar Visser, an historian of Iraq educated at the University of Oxford. It is reproduced here with the author’s permission. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. The uncertified result of Iraq’s parliamentary elections, released by the election […]
By Harith Hasan for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. A video of Mahmoud al-Hassan, an Iraqi member of parliament (MP) from the State of Law Coalition, talking to a group of farmers in the province of Diwaniyah has circulated in […]
By Mustafa al-Kadhimi for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. During the months before the Iraqi elections that took place on April 30, there was growing talk within political and media circles that Iraq was heading toward “decisive elections.” Some politicians and […]
By John Lee Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission has confirmed that the final official results of the April 30th elections will be announced on the 25th of May. So far a number of sources have released preliminary results, or what they have described as a first count. Elsewhere, various parties have claimed an approximate number […]
By John Lee. The United Nations Security Council have issued a statement commending Iraq on successfully holding parliamentary elections. The statement urges Iraq's political parties to follow up this success by forming a government as quickly as possible and "strengthen national unity." The statement in full: The members of the Security Council welcome the holding […]
Iraqis went to the polls yesterday in what has been variously described as "an important milestone in Iraq’s democratic transition," (Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon) and "a powerful rebuke to the violent extremists," (US Secretary of State John Kerry). Preliminary results are not expect for a couple of weeks, and as it is generally […]
By Reidar Visser. The following article was published by Reidar Visser, an historian of Iraq educated at the University of Oxford. It is reproduced here with the author’s permission. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. For the first time since the fall […]
By John Lee. Millions of Iraqis went to cast their votes today as the country went into a state of lockdown for elections. Polling began at 7am and will close at 6pm. Previous elections in Iraq have been marred by considerable violence, while 50 were killed on Monday as Iraq's armed forces cast their votes. […]
By Harith Hasan for Al-Monitor. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. In an interview with the Lebanese Al-Manar TV channel on April 20, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki challenged his adversaries, who have been accusing him of becoming a dictator and monopolizing […]
This article was originally published by Niqash. Any opinions expressed are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. As a province, Baghdad has the biggest population and therefore gets the biggest share of representative seats in Iraq’s Parliament. And unlike in other provinces, the population is far from […]
By John Lee Iraqis living abroad in 19 countries have cast their votes early ahead of the general election on the 30th of April, news agencies have reported. Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission has said that approximately 785,000 Iraqis were eligible to vote outside the country. Meanwhile attacks on polling stations, security forces and a […]
With Iraq's parliamentary elections scheduled for Wednesday 30th April, this week's newsletter has a special section dedicated to the election and related news. In all, 9,045 candidates will compete to fill 328 seats, and much depends on the outcome. As a cross-section of Iraq's best-informed people, what do you, our readers, forecast as the outcome […]
