Showing posts with label 2020 Provincial Elections. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2020 Provincial Elections. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 12, 2022

Iraq Will Try To Pick New President But Questions Remain

(AFP)

Speaker Mohammed al-Halbusi announced that Iraq’s parliament would meet October 13 to pick a president and move forward in selecting a new government. There are open questions about what will happen during the session.

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

New Iraq Poll: People Focused Upon Govt And Not Happy


With the war against the Islamic State over and violence at its lowest level since the 2003 invasion, most Iraqis are turning their attention to the Iraqi government and are not happy with what they see. A poll released in July 2019 by the National Democratic Institute (NDI) conducted in the spring found that most Iraqis think their country is going in the wrong direction because of their concerns about Baghdad.
(NDI)

Review Charles River Editors, The Mandate for Mesopotamia: The History and Legacy of British Occupation and Iraq’s Independence after World War I, Charles Rivers Editors, 2021

   The Mandate for Mesopotamia is a short overview of British rule and influence in Iraq after World War I. It covers Europe...