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Anbar tribes key to security, political backing ahead of Iraq's October vote Following the introduction of a new electoral law and with many of the region’s population still looking more toward their tribes for protection than the central government, Iraq’s Sunni-dominant Anbar province is likely to be highly affected by tribal relations and figures in the October elections. Shelly Kittleson | Iraq | Apr 22, 2021
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Iraqi parties scramble ahead of new October election date The High Electoral Commission’s need for additional time to update constituents' records requires that the government postpone early elections until October, while political parties publicly oppose the new date and secretly support it. Omar Sattar | Iraq | Jan 20, 2021
Iraqi government presses ahead with early elections next year The Iraqi government is striving to make the legal and political preparations for elections in June 2021, amid multiple political and security challenges. Omar al-Jaffal | Iraq | Dec 9, 2020
France signs financing agreement with UN to support Iraqi elections The UN-France deal supports Iraq's Independent High Electoral Commission ahead of early elections slated for next summer. Al-Monitor Staff | Iraq | Nov 11, 2020
Iraqi parliament votes on final version of electoral law Iraq's Council of Representatives voted on the electoral law, which, if passed, will put forward the program for early elections scheduled for next June. Omar Sattar | Iraq | Nov 2, 2020
Iraqi youths form political parties to join early elections Groups of young people set up political parties as they seek to take part in early elections next year, in an attempt to present themselves as an alternative to the existing parties. Mustafa Saadoun | Iraq | Aug 31, 2020
Iraqi prime minister presses ahead with promise of early elections Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi has committed to early elections, but Iraq's political blocs may resist. Mustafa Saadoun | Iraq | Aug 3, 2020
Iraq’s prime minister says early elections to be held in June 2021 Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said parliamentary elections will be held June 6, 2021. Al-Monitor Staff | Iraq | Jul 31, 2020
Iraqi government not giving up on early elections Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi is seeking to manage disparate political blocs to allow early electons. Omar Sattar | Iraq | Jul 27, 2020
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Iraqi political parties are attempting to recruit media celebrities who have backed the Iraqi protest movement in order to win votes in the Oct. 10, 2021, elections. Here, Iraqis wave the national flag during a gathering rejecting the nomination of Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi as prime minister-designate in the city of Nasiriyah in Iraq's southern Dhi Qar province on Feb. 2, 2020, following the resignation two months earlier of Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi under growing street pressure.
