April 12th, 2026 - 07:57 GMT
ALBAWABA- Iraq’s parliament elected Nizar Mohammed Saeed Amidi as president on Saturday, ending a five-month political stalemate following the November 2025 elections. Amidi secured 227 votes in the second round of parliamentary voting, with 249 lawmakers present, defeating his rival Muthanna Amin of the Kurdistan Islamic Union, who received 15 votes. He had previously led the first round with 208 votes but fell short of the two-thirds majority required. A ...
![Armed men roam a street in the western, mainly Sunni Muslim city of Ramadi, the capital of the Anbar province, on January 4, 2014, as parts of Ramadi and the city of Fallujah. [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/460527941.jpg?itok=D-_Cro0A "Armed men roam a street in the western, mainly Sunni Muslim city of Ramadi, the capital of the Anbar province, on January 4, 2014, as parts of Ramadi and the city of Fallujah. [Getty Images]")
![Fighting began in the Ramadi area on December 30, 2013, when security forces removed the main anti-government protest camp set up after demonstrations broke out in late 2012 against what Sunni Arabs say is the marginalisation and targeting of their community. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/460308769.jpg?itok=DMZ701As "Fighting began in the Ramadi area on December 30, 2013, when security forces removed the main anti-government protest camp set up after demonstrations broke out in late 2012 against what Sunni Arabs say is the marginalisation and targeting of their community. [AFP]")
![Men gather for the funeral of a person killed in fighting with Iraqi forces in the Anbar provincial capital of Ramadi, west of Baghdad, on December 31, 2013. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/459810485.jpg?itok=IxNTcCTR "Men gather for the funeral of a person killed in fighting with Iraqi forces in the Anbar provincial capital of Ramadi, west of Baghdad, on December 31, 2013. [AFP]")
![Armed tribesmen and Iraqi police sit in a car as clashes rage on in the Iraqi city of Ramadi, west of Baghdad, on January 2, 2014. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/iraq/000_Nic6280927.jpg?itok=SoUin5SK "Armed tribesmen and Iraqi police sit in a car as clashes rage on in the Iraqi city of Ramadi, west of Baghdad, on January 2, 2014. [AFP]")
![Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki [Getty Images]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/186572355.jpg?itok=QO8WyVWQ "Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki [Getty Images]")
![The arrest of the MP by security forces sparked clashes that resulted in six dead and 18 injured. [AFP]](/sites/default/files/styles/d08_traditional/public/im/misc/7831e2e9-9daf-4cc5-a084-28980ec88a5e_16x9_788x442.jpg?itok=D50khGBW "The arrest of the MP by security forces sparked clashes that resulted in six dead and 18 injured. [AFP]")
