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Iraq fails again to elect new president
5 years agoIraqi members of Sadrist bloc (of Shiite leader Moqtada Sadr), gather inside the Iraqi parliament in the capital Baghdad, ahead of the country's presidential election, on March 26, 2022. - Iraq's parliament today postponed once again a session to elect the country's new president over a lack of quorum. (Photo by Ahmad AL-RUBAYE / AFP)
Iraqi lawmakers failed again on Saturday to elect a new president due to the lack of a quorum in parliament, keeping the country mired in political paralysis.