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Iraq

Sadr

Muntazer al-Zaidi, an Iraqi journalist famous for throwing a shoe at former US President George W. Bush in 2008, attends a rally in Baghdad, on May 4. (AFP)

US puts brave face on Sadr’s win in Iraq, hopes for pragmatism

Sadr

Kingmaker? Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr heads to a polling station during the parliamentary election in Najaf, on May 12. (Reuters)

Sadr faces hard challenges after surprise win in Iraqi elections

Mamoon Alabbasi

Sadr

A supporter of the Iraqi Communist Party holds the communist symbol of the hammer and sickle during a march in Baghdad. (AFP)

Iraq’s surprise election results raise questions about next leader

Iraq elections

Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr visits his father's grave after parliamentary election results were announced, in the city of Najaf, on May 14. (Reuters)

Iraq's Sadr leads in initial vote results

Iraq elections

An Iraqi poll worker watches over an empty voting centre during a parliamentary election in the city of Falluja, on May 12. (Reuters)

Record low turnout in Iraq elections

Russia

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) welcomes his Iraqi counterpart Ibrahim al-Jaafari during a meeting in Moscow, last February. (Reuters)

Russia may replace and eclipse US role in Iraq

Iraq

A member of Kurdish peshmerga casts her vote at a polling station two days before polls open to the public in Erbil, on May 10. (Reuters)

Iraqis vote for new electoral lists led by old candidates

Mamoon Alabbasi

Iraq war

A file photo showing a US Marine covers the face of a statue of then Iraqi President Saddam Hussein with a US flag in Baghdad, on April 9, 2003. (AP)

Iraqi activists, academics reflect on US occupation 15 years on

Stephen Quillen

Iraq elections

An Iraqi woman shows her ink-stained index finger before a national flag after having cast her vote in the country’s parliamentary election, in the capital Baghdad's Karrada district on May 12. (AFP)

Iraq elections begin but forming a government could take months