April 12th, 2026 - 07:57 GMT
ALBAWABA- Iraq’s parliament elected Nizar Mohammed Saeed Amidi as president on Saturday, ending a five-month political stalemate following the November 2025 elections. Amidi secured 227 votes in the second round of parliamentary voting, with 249 lawmakers present, defeating his rival Muthanna Amin of the Kurdistan Islamic Union, who received 15 votes. He had previously led the first round with 208 votes but fell short of the two-thirds majority required. A ...
![An Iraqi cafe owner injured in an bomb attack attends a seminar for owners. [resources1]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iraq/763577-iraq-unrest-cafes.jpg?itok=B2fxo9w4 "An Iraqi cafe owner injured in an bomb attack attends a seminar for owners. [resources1]")
![French ambassador to Baghdad Denys Gauer at a meeting marking the visit of a French trade delegation to Iraq in the heavily fortified Green Zone of the Iraqi capital on November 25, 2013. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/451906495.jpg?itok=iRZipgRP "French ambassador to Baghdad Denys Gauer at a meeting marking the visit of a French trade delegation to Iraq in the heavily fortified Green Zone of the Iraqi capital on November 25, 2013. [AFP]")
![Iraqi men clean the rubble at the site of a blast that took place the previous day outside a cafe in Baghdad's Bayaa neighborhood on November 21, 2013. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/Syria2/451021707.jpg?itok=F6Tp3MMD "Iraqi men clean the rubble at the site of a blast that took place the previous day outside a cafe in Baghdad's Bayaa neighborhood on November 21, 2013. [Getty Images]")
