Iraqi Government formation 2022

Iraqi Shiite Muslim clerics, supporters of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), demonstrate in the capital Baghdad's Tahrir Square, December 5, 2019. (Photo: AFP)

Iraq

Shiite Coordination Framework launches new initiative to resolve Iraq's political deadlock

Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) President Masoud Barzani in meeting with Al-Siyada coalition leaders, April 26, 2022. (Photo: Barzani headquarters)

Iraq

Barzani and Al-Siyada leaders express desire to end political deadlock and form government.

Muqtada al-Sadr, leader of the Sadrist movement. (Photo: Muqtada al-Sadr Twitter account)

Iraq

'We are proceeding with the formation of a national majority government': Sadr

The Iraqi Federal Judicial Authority Headquarters, Baghdad. (Photo: The Iraqi Supreme Federal Court Website)

Iraq

Federal Supreme Court of Iraq denies declaring first parliament session unconstitutional

Sadrists' parliament members coming to the first session of the Iraqi parliament wearing white fabric used to bury the dead, Jan. 9, 2022. (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Iraq

Sadrists and Imtidad members dramatically enter first Iraqi parliament session

Logos of Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) (Left) and Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK). (Photo: Kurdistan 24)

Kurdistan

Kurdistan’s top parties hold more talks ahead of Iraq gov’t formation