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... happening here. JANE ARRAF: Well Hari, so this is one of the leftovers of a very long, very bitter war. Now as ISIS came into Iraq and took over a third of Iraq when it came in in 2014, people flowed in, jihadis flowed in, and with them flowed in ...
... that Iraq's sovereignty was going to be the new government's "guiding principle." "We warn any other country that wants to involve itself in Iraqi politics not to cross the Iraqi people," he said. However, even as al-Sadr is in position to nominate a prime minister and set ...
A firebrand cleric is leading the vote count after Iraq’s weekend parliamentary election. Results from Iraq's electoral commission show a startling apparent upset by the party led by Muqtada al-Sadr, a former symbol of sectarianism and resistance turned populist politician. U.S.-backed incumbent prime minister Haidar Al-Abadi is running third in most districts. Nick Schifrin reports.
... his role overseeing the military defeat of IS in Iraq, al-Sadr tapped into long-simmering frustration with Baghdad's inability to improve the lives Iraqis far from the frontline fight. "After security improved, (Iraqis in Baghdad) began to notice how shabby the city is and the lack of utilities ...
... gains. Al-Sadr is a strong Iraqi nationalist — he is critical of any outside influence in the country — and campaigned on a platform that criticized Iraq's current political leadership as deeply corrupt. He rose to prominence in Iraq after the 2003 U.S.-led overthrow of Saddam Hussein when ...
... is the role of perhaps, Iran, in the influence that Iran wields in Iraq right now? Or how long the United States will stay in Iraq and kind of what capacity? MARGARET COKER: Yeah. So one of the amazing things about last fall and into the winter, when Iraq declared ...
... he said. Some Sunnis voting Saturday said they are hopeful this election will help Iraq move beyond sectarian politics and become more inclusive. Marginalization of Iraq's Sunnis under al-Maliki is seen as a factor that allowed IS to rise in power in Iraq. Al-Abadi has led a ...
... longer control significant pockets of territory inside Iraq, but do maintain a grip inside Syria along Iraq's border. The U.S. -led coalition supported Iraqi ground forces and Syrian fighters known as the Syrian Democratic Forces in the more than three-year war against IS. After Iraqi forces retook ...
... seals that can fit in the palm of your hand. ICE said 3,800 artifacts in total were turned over today to the Embassy of Iraq in Washington, D.C. NPR reported that an embassy official said the items would likely end up in Iraq's National Museum. What were ...
... be deadly, even though they’re not able to have a sanctuary in the same way,” Hassan said. In the next year, international funding for Iraq will sharply decrease and will only be allocated to “priority areas,” according to the U.N. report, Iraq’s 2018 Humanitarian Response Plan. With ...
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