BAGHDAD — The political crisis in Anbar province has reached its peak with the vote of Anbar’s provincial council on the dismissal of the council’s head, Sabah Karhut, and the appointment Nov. 26 of Hamid al-Alwani as its new president.
After the election of the new president, the council reneged on its decision to sack Gov. Suhaib al-Rawi, as a result of political leverage and a decision by the Iraqi judiciary.