Haider al-Abadi

Iraqis wave flags at a campaign rally for the Fateh Alliance, a coalition that includes Iranian-supported paramilitaries, in Baghdad on May 7.

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Almost 7,000 Candidates Are Running For Election This Weekend In Iraq

1:27pm May 11, 2018

by Jane Arraf

Parliamentary elections this weekend will be the most complicated in Iraq's post-war history. Many people say they won't vote. "I voted three times, but nothing changed," says an unemployed man.

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An Iraqi woman mourns at the site of a July 3 attack, claimed by Islamic State, which killed at least 292 people. Baghdad's security chief has since been fired, but outrage at the government remains high.

Iraqi PM Sacks Baghdad Security Chief After Deadly Bombing

7:44pm July 08, 2016

by Jason Slotkin

Iraq's prime minister fired Baghdad's security chief amid outrage over last Sunday's bombing that killed 292 people.

Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (center) attends a funeral for two generals killed in fighting with Islamic State militants in Ramadi, west of Baghdad, in August. In an interview Monday with NPR, the Iraqi leader called on the U.S. to provide more ai

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Iraqi Leader: We Want More U.S. Airstrikes, But Not U.S. Ground Troops

7:12pm December 21, 2015

In an NPR interview, Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi also calls on the U.S. to focus more firepower on Iraq's western border with Syria, saying Islamic State fighters can enter his country too easily.

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Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, speaking Thursday in Washington, said recent battlefield victories showed the Islamic State could be defeated. The extremist group still holds large parts of the west and the north of Iraq.

Iraq's Leader Finds Friends In Washington, But Faces Battles At Home

7:40pm April 16, 2015

by Greg Myre

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has a much better relationship with the U.S. than his predecessor. But he's still struggling to entrench his position in Iraq and defeat the Islamic State.

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