Iraq elections: All you need to know
Iraqis will head to the polls on May 12 to elect a new national parliament, which will serve as the basis for the formation of a new government. Many parties have taken the opportunity to emphasise a unified, cross-sectarian national identity in the run-up to the vote after elections four years ago which came at […]Arwa Ibrahim writes for Al Jazeera:
Iraqis will head to the polls on May 12 to elect a new national parliament, which will serve as the basis for the formation of a new government.
Many parties have taken the opportunity to emphasise a unified, cross-sectarian national identity in the run-up to the vote after elections four years ago which came at a time when Iraq was plagued with some of the worst sectarian violence in recent history.
But unlike in 2014 and 2010, when large coalitions encompassing a wide spectrum of political groups ran, the 2018 election landscape is splintered by intra-sectarian divisions and fragmented Shia, Sunni and Kurdish factions.
