Third coalition arises in Iraq to vie for Sunni leadership - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Omar Sattar

Omar Sattar

Sep 24, 2019

Osama al-Nujaifi (R), speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, and Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister Rose Nuri Shaways sit as they attend a session at the parliament headquarters in Baghdad July 1, 2014. Sunnis and Kurds abandoned the first meeting of Iraq's new parliament on Tuesday after Shi'ites failed to name a prime minister to replace al-Maliki, wrecking hopes that a unity government would be swiftly built to save Iraq from collapse. Parliament is not likely to meet again for at least a week, leavi — Deputy Prime Minister Rose Nuri Shaways (L) and Osama al-Nujaifi (R) sit in parliament in Baghdad, July 1, 2014. Nujaifi, who was then speaker of parliament, is at odds with the current parliament speaker and has formed the Salvation and Development Front in a bid to become the overall leader of Iraq's Sunnis. — REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

Fighters of Hashed Al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization units) flash the victory gesture as they advance through a street in the town of Tal Afar, west of Mosul, after the Iraqi government announced the launch of the operation to retake it from Islamic State (IS) group control, on August 26, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images)

Ninevah governor's election stirs Sunni split in Baghdad

Omar Sattar

Iraqis go about their day beneath electoral billboards and placards of candidates for the upcoming parliamentary elections, in the district of Adhamiyah in the capital, Baghdad, on Sept. 17, 2021.

Iraq’s Sunni parties compete for votes in crucial election

Shelly Kittleson

Shelly Kittleson

In Baghdad, reporting on Iraqi politics

Mohammed al-Halbusi (L), newly elected speaker of the Iraqi parliament, delivers a speech Sept. 18, 2018, following a meeting in Basra.

Feud between Iraqi Sunni leaders could undercut bloc ahead of elections

Mustafa Saadoun

Mustafa Saadoun

Iraq's Vice President Ayad Allawi speaks during an Interview with Reuters in Baghdad, Iraq April 17, 2017. REUTERS/Khalid al Mousily - RC19F475C6D0

Iraq's Sunni lists approach coalition as one bloc

Omar Sattar