Will US, Iran Back Maliki In Iraqi Elections? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Ali Mamouri

Ali Mamouri

Oct 24, 2013

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks during Baghdad Day celebrations at al-Zawra park in Baghdad November 15, 2008. REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud (IRAQ) - RTXAMED — Iraq's Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks at al-Zawra park in Baghdad, Nov. 15, 2008. — REUTERS/Mahmoud Raouf Mahmoud

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Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki (2nd R) visits a concrete plant for the Basmaya residential project in Baghdad April 16, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS REAL ESTATE) - RTR3LHYV

Maliki goes on offense as elections approach

Harith al-Qarawee

Harith al-Qarawee

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki inspects a guard of honour during his ceremonial reception at the forecourt of India's presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi August 23, 2013. Maliki expects to finalise a deal to sell India more crude oil during a visit to New Delhi over the next few days, he said on Thursday. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi (INDIA - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS ENERGY COMMODITIES) - RTX12TX2

Maliki's Own Party Urges Him Not to Run

Sheikh Abdul Mehdi Al-Karbala'i speaks as he delivers the text of a sermon by Iraq's top Shi'ite cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, during Friday prayers at the Imam Hussein shrine in the holy city of Kerbala August 8, 2014. Sistani called again on compatriots on Friday to unite against the "big danger" posed by Islamic State militants, whose advances prompted U.S. President Barack Obama to authorise limited bombing. In a weekly Friday sermon delivered through the spokesman in the sacred Shi'ite city of

Feeling heat, Maliki warns Sistani against opposing third term

Ali Mamouri

Iraqi Sunni Muslims take part in an anti-government demonstration in Falluja, 50 km (31 miles) west of Baghdad, April 5, 2013. Thousands of Sunni Muslims protested after Friday prayers in huge rallies against Shi'ite Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, demanding that he step down. REUTERS/Mohanned Faisal (IRAQ - Tags: POLITICS) CIVIL UNREST) - RTXY9JG

Maliki Seeks 'Majority Government' In Iraq

Mushreq Abbas