Iraq elections

Iraq

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Why intra-Kurdish rivalries could stall Iraq's new government

With Sunni and Shia blocs in rough consensus over the parliament speaker and prime minister, Kurdish parties are yet to agree on their selection for president

Winthrop Rodgers

22 December, 2025

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Iraq votes, but who governs? The post-election bargaining begins

Winthrop Rodgers

18 November, 2025

Iraq’s elections: Democracy by proxy

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Iraq's elections: Democracy by proxy

Emad Hajjaj

11 November, 2025

Members of Iraq's security forces cast their votes for the parliamentary elections using an electronic card system in Basra, Iraq on November 9, 2025.

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Iraqi forces, displaced people vote early ahead of election

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

09 November, 2025

Nouri al-Maliki, Chairman of the State of Law Coalition and former Prime Minister speaks during an election rally ahead of the general elections scheduled for November 11, in Baghdad, Iraq, on November 7, 2025.

Iraq

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What's at stake in Iraq's parliamentary election

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

08 November, 2025

Qais al-Khazali, head of the Asaib Ahl al-Haq, speaks during an event commemorating the 21st anniversary of the militia's creation, at a hotel in Baghdad on May 3, 2024. (Photo by MURTAJA LATEEF/AFP via Getty Images)

Qais al-Khazali

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Iraqi militia leader Qais al-Khazali seeks rebrand as politician

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

07 November, 2025

Muqtada al-Sadr

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The Sadr gambit: Iraq's most powerful cleric plays the long game

Montadhar Naser

06 November, 2025

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Oversight is optional: How Iraqi democracy is being hollowed out

Hayder Al-Shakeri

04 November, 2025

People drive their vehicles past electoral billboards on a street in Baghdad on October 14, 2025, ahead of parliamentary elections on November 11. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)

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As Iraqi politicians gear up for election, public disillusion sets in again

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

01 November, 2025

Traffic flows past electoral billboards in central Baghdad on October 19, 2025, as Iraq prepares for parliamentary elections on November 11. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP via Getty Images)

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Iraq faces elections at a delicate moment in the Middle East

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

25 October, 2025

Iraqis are seen to be widely sceptical of Iraq's old and new political alliances

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Iraq’s civil movements struggle to unite before 2025 elections

The New Arab Staff

27 April, 2025

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Political parties urge delay to Iraq's provincial elections

Dana Taib Menmy

24 August, 2023

Iraq Elections

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Heat, discontent sparks fears of low voter turnout in Iraq

Dana Taib Menmy

12 July, 2023

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Iraq changes electoral law, sparking opposition anger

The New Arab Staff & Agencies

27 March, 2023

Iraq

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Iraqi opposition, independent MPs reject electoral changes

The New Arab (From the Arabic Edition)

20 March, 2023

Analysis-Iraq Report 20 years

2003 US invasion of Iraq

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Iraq's lost two decades after the US invasion

The New Arab

16 March, 2023

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Democratic Forces of Change: An alternative Iraqi politics?

Mohamed Albasiem

06 February, 2023