By ZAINEB NAJI, ABDULADHIM KARIM and HADEEL KAMIL
Institute for War & Peace Reporting
BAGHDAD – The Iraqi parliament’s new speaker will have to struggle to appear neutral before an assembly facing divisive corruption claims and several critical decisions, say analysts.
Ayad al-Samarrai’s recent appointment ended four months of wrangling that had left parliament paralysed.
His supporters say the unflappable former engineer who spent a decade in exile in Britain is the best man f…
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