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Iraq elects Nizar Amidi as president, ending months of political deadlock

April 12th, 2026 - 07:57 GMT

Mansour Al-Maswari

Iraq elects Nizar Amidi as president, ending months of political deadlock

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 ...

A roadside bomb explosion killed three people Saturday at a checkpoint in Youssifiyah (Courtesy of CNN)

October 5th, 2013 - 04:05 GMT

Journalists killed in Iraq in another day of nationwide violence

The ballots are in and counted with KDP finishing first, the opposition Gorran party in second, and the PUK party in third (Courtesy of Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters)

October 3rd, 2013 - 07:47 GMT

Final election results usher in new era of Kurdish politics

The Iraqi government designated Baghdad as one of the seven severe conflict sites in its Tuesday decision to provide temporary hazard pay to security forces operating in high violence areas (Courtesy of the Telegraph)

October 2nd, 2013 - 06:10 GMT

Helicopter attack leaves more dead in Iraq

Four members of the Egyptian security forces were killed on Wednesday after the helicopter they were flying in was shot down by insurgents during a military training exercise north of Baghdad. (AFP/File)

October 2nd, 2013 - 11:49 GMT

Militants shoot down Iraqi army helicopter, killing four

Iraq funerals commonly under attack as violence escalates in region. [nytimes]

October 2nd, 2013 - 11:20 GMT

Iraq: Second deadliest month in 2013

Iraqi executions underway. [Reuters]

October 2nd, 2013 - 06:41 GMT

Iraq executes 23

An Iraqi man retrieves a copy of the Koran from the debris of the Al-Hussein mosque following an explosion in the district of al-Musayyib, south of Baghdad on Monday. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the attacks. (AFP)

October 1st, 2013 - 09:57 GMT

Iraqi Al Qaeda branch claims responsibility for Baghdad car bombings

Five car bomb explosions shake Baghdad area. [almanar.com]

September 30th, 2013 - 08:04 GMT

Baghdad area shaken by five car bombs, 42 dead

Suicide bombing at Iraqi funeral kills at least 25. [dawn.com]

September 29th, 2013 - 04:49 GMT

Iraqi suicide bomber kills 25 at funeral

Preliminary election results show that the Gorran, or "Change" party has the second-highest number of votes with 446,095 thus far (AFP)

September 29th, 2013 - 07:36 GMT

Kurdish opposition party comes second in vote, but election results still "unclear"

Iraqi sectarian violence has claimed the lives of 720 people in September. (Image credit: AFP)

September 27th, 2013 - 04:46 GMT

Six people dead after bombs target Sunni mosques in Baghdad

Iraq has been plagued by sectarian violence in 2013, with over 1,000 people dying in July alone. Here, Iraqis inspect the site the day after a bombing attack near a funeral tent that killed at least 56 in the Sadr City district of Baghdad on September 22, 2103. (AFP)

September 26th, 2013 - 09:16 GMT

At least 23 dead in Baghdad market blasts