Influential Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr (Photo via Twitter) A major Iraqi political alliance led by influential cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has suspended talks with other factions for the formation of the next government, and announced a boycott of next week’s parliamentary session to elect a new president...

Iraq’s newly-elected lawmakers attend the first parliament session, in capital Baghdad, Iraq, on January 9, 2022...

Iraqi President Barham Saleh Iraqi President Barham Saleh has called on the new parliament to hold its first session on January 9, more than two months after the parliamentary elections whose results were ratified with much delay this week...