Fractures within the Shiite camp ahead of Iraq’s 2025 elections

As Iraq prepares for pivotal parliamentary elections on November 11, fractures within the Shiite political sphere are becoming increasingly pronounced.

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Iraqi lawmaker decries potential absence of Syrian president from Arab summit as 'insult to Iraq'

Alaa al-Hadadi, a member of Iraq's State of Law Coalition, said the possible absence of Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa from the upcoming Arab League summit in Baghdad would be an insult to Iraq, also threatening a withdrawal of the Coalition from the political process.

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Iraqi lawmakers clash over election law amendments

Iraq’s parliamentary legal committee stated there is no formal effort to amend the country’s election law, despite behind the scenes discussions by influential parties.

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Attempts to oust PMC chief and intra-Shiite battle over the position

Sources who spoke to The New Region said that there were attempts within the Coordination Framework, led by Nouri al-Maliki and Qais al-Khazali, to refer Fayyadh to retirement, while Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani wishes to keep him in the position.

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Officials, experts warn Iraq risks economic, diplomatic fallout from halting imports from Israel-supporting nations

Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has called on the government to ban imports from nations backing Israel, particularly those supplying it with weapons. Officials and experts warn the move could harm Iraq’s economy, which depends heavily on imports from Western and regional countries.

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Shiite ruling power accused of imposing pick for Sunni-allocated Iraqi speakership

Almost a year after Halbousi was ousted and the Iraqi parliament was left without a speaker, the ruling Shiite Coordination Framework has pushed for appointing a new speaker in an upcoming parliamentary session, strongly backing one of the candidates despite not being a unanimous pick among the Sunnis, for whom the position is allocated.

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Iraq’s top bloc calls for parliament session to vote on speaker

The Iraqi parliament’s largest bloc has called for ending the nearly year-long deadlock over the post of speaker of parliament and urged the lawmakers to hold a session to settle the issue on Saturday.

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Power struggle in Thi Qar met with reform protests

Protests erupt in Thi Qar over unemployment, corruption, and poor services.

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Power play: Mandalawi to hold speaker's gavel until term's end

Despite the Coordination Framework's reassurances that they have no plans to keep Al-Mandalawi as speaker of parliament, Sunni politicians believe that elements within the Framework are maneuvering to secure his seat.

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