Topic: Nouri al-Maliki
SAMARRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Several thousand Iraqis protested on Friday against Shi'ite Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Samarra and other Sunni Muslim strongholds after he moved to sideline two Sunni leaders from his power-sharing government.Iraq faces its worst crisis in a year ...
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki called on lawmakers on Sunday to withdraw confidence from one of his deputies, as the country's political crisis deepened as US forces completed their withdrawal.Maliki's push for the ouster of Saleh al-Mutlak, a Sunni Arab who described ...
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki encouraged Syria to open up its political system to end one-party Baath rule as part of reforms in the face of months of popular protests.Maliki's comments about his neighbor came as Syrian President Bashar ...
A session where lawmakers chose a new parliamentary speaker and re-elected President Jalal Talabani, who subsequently pledged to nominate incumbent Nuri al-Maliki as the country's prime minister, was overshadowed by a dispute which prompted a major Sunni-backed bloc to storm out of ...
RIYADH (Reuters) - Iraq's Shi'ite alliance turned down a Saudi Arabian offer on Saturday to host all-party talks to resolve months of political stalemate because it said it was confident a deal could be struck in Baghdad on a new government.Iraq has ...
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki urged the United States on Thursday to prevent the American pastor of an obscure Christian church from burning copies of the Koran in commemoration of the September 11 attacks.The U.S. government and political and ...
An Iraqi Shiite leader, Ammar al-Hakim, said on Monday the long-delayed formation of a new government could be resolved within days but refused to be drawn on the name of the next prime minister."We have started to reach the end of the ...
NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Saturday his party would not compromise on its choice of government leader, resisting pressure from potential coalition partners for him to step aside.Iraq is still without a government almost three months ...
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Supporters of anti-American Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stood in long lines on Friday to vote their choice for prime minister of Iraq in a two-day referendum that carried no government sanction or legal weight.The unusual plebiscite organized by Sadr's ...
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran congratulated Iraqis on Tuesday over an election that is likely to keep a bloc led by its Shi'ite ally, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, in power after a campaign in which Tehran's influence was a divisive issue.Maliki's main challenger, ...
