Iraq’s PM Allawi seeks vote of confidence for new cabinet

February 21st, 20200 BAGHDAD — Iraq’s newly appointed Prime Minister Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi said on Wednesday that he has picked a cabinet of political independents and has called on the country’s parliament to hold an extraordinary session next week to give it its vote of confidence.  Speaking to the nation in a televised speech, Allawi said that...

Violence in Baghdad as protests continue amid political uncertainty in Iraq

December 8th, 20190 BAGHDAD —Fears of infiltration by unknown groups grew in Iraq on Thursday after 13 people were stabbed in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square. The stabbings caused no fatalities in the area of Iraq’s capital that has been the home of recent protests against the country’s government.  Protesters gathered in Tahrir shouting slogans in...