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Iraq's former PM who helped fuel ISIS makes unlikely comeback - analysis

Nouri al-Maliki let ISIS take over a third of Iraq in 2014. He spent years in the political wilderness, but now he is angling for a third term as prime minister.

Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki reacts at a polling station inside Al-Rasheed Hotel during the parliamentary election in Baghdad, Iraq, November 11, 2025.
Iranians gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran on January 9, 2026. The nationwide protests started in Tehran's Grand Bazaar against the failing economic policies in late December, which spread to universities and other cities

'Delayed deaths': UK report claims chemical agents used on Iranian protesters

President of Iraq, Barham Salih, speaks during the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York, US September 23, 2021.

United Nations General Assembly elects former Iraqi President to lead UN refugee agency

 Mohammad Javad Zarif, the former Iranian Foreign Minister, gives a speech during an election rally in support of  Iranian presidential election candidate Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran, Iran, on June 24, 2024.

Iran 'paid heavy price' for supporting proxies, Palestinians, ex-FM Zarif says at Doha Forum


'Bush didn't go to war for Israel'

Rove says US wished to prevent WMDs from falling into hands of dictators.

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The Region: The real Arab stuff

What are the most realistic and moderate Arabic-speaking rulers thinking?

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Iraq: blasts kill 40 Shi'ite pilgrims

Bombings on final day of Muslim holiday are week’s third large-scale attacks.

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Blair fights for his legacy as he defends Iraq war

Six-hour session capped a wide-ranging inquiry that has heard extensive evidence from government lawyers and ministers who raised doubts about legality and wisdom of 2003 Iraq invasion.

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'Chemical Ali' executed in Iraq

Hussein's cousin convicted for fatal 1988 poison gas attacks.

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Iraq chief: Saddam-linked candidates to be banned

PM Maliki's Shi'ite-dominated gov't appears to be throwing support being body.

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Friends in deed

You can't put a price on the dedication of 300,000 Diaspora volunteers.

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Friends in deed

One cannot put a price tag on the dedication of an army of 300,000 volunteers in the Diaspora.

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Iraqi PM accuses Syria of harboring armed groups

Maliki appeals to UN to help stop what he terms a hostile act.

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