ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s former prime minister Nouri al-Maliki remains the candidate of the powerful Shiite ...

According to the source, al-Maliki is expected to present the proposal during a Coordination Framework meeting scheduled for ...

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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Iraq’s ruling Shiite Coordination Framework is set to begin discussions to select a nominee for the ...

Changed his name to Jawad al-Maliki while he was in exile. Negotiated with Sunnis and Kurds to help draft Iraq’s constitution. Previously an adviser to former Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari.

I've been thinking about the Maliki statement and its implications. Here's my take. McCain's entire rationale, as a candidate, turns on Iraq and related issues, like terrorism and (to a lesser extent) ...

Why is Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki still around? His cabinet seems to be crumbling around him. In April, the bloc allied with Shi’a strongman Moqtada al-Sadr pulled its ministers from ...

BAGHDAD - With the country in turmoil, rivals of Iraq's Shiite prime minister are mounting a campaign to force him out of office, with some angling for support from Western backers and regional ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. U.S. President Barack Obama (L) and Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki arrive to lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns at ...

Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr speaking during weekly Friday prayers at a mosque in the town of Kufa, Iraq, in November, 2006.S Wissam Al-Okaili / AFP / Getty Has the government of Iraqi Prime ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Decades later, the memory still rankles Iraq's prime minister. Nuri al-Maliki was an exile in southern Iran at the time, ...