By Diyari Salih The prominent Shiite blocks in the Iraqi parliament have finally decided to accept Mr. Mustafa al-Kadhimi, the chief of the Intelligence Service, to be the new Prime Minister. Many Kurdish and Sunni parties declared their support for him and asserted that they would positively interact with his government in this critical period. However, it is very likely ...
On April 9, Iraqi President Barham Saleh officially instructed Mustafa al-Kadhimi to form a government within 30 days. This is the third politician to be tasked with forming a government in Iraq in 2020, after Adel Abdel Mahdi resigned in November 2019. The Third Prime Minister After months of anti-Government rhetoric and domestic political crisis, on February 1, Saleh approved ...