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Iraqi PM Al-Abadi Announces Coalition with Elections Winner

Saturday, 23 June 2018 04:38 PM EDT

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq's Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi and Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr are announcing a political coalition amid talks to form a new government.

Al-Sadr's political bloc won the largest share of seats in May parliamentary elections. He has already joined in a coalition with the second-place bloc led by Hadi al-Amiri, a Shiite militia leader who enjoys the support of Iran.

Al-Abadi's bloc came in third in the polls.

Al-Sadr and al-Abadi announced their new alignment at a press conference Saturday, without making mention of the coalition with al-Amiri.

Both al-Abadi and al-Amiri are said to be eyeing the position of prime minister in a new government. Al-Sadr, who is not a member of Parliament, is not.

Talks to form a new government are expected to continue for weeks or months.

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Iraq's Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi and Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr are announcing a political coalition amid talks to form a new government.Al-Sadr's political bloc won the largest share of seats in May parliamentary elections. He has already joined in a coalition with...
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