Iraq parliament fails to elect new state president over lack of quorum
A win for Sadr's allies would threaten to exclude Tehran's allies from power for the first time in years.
Hassan Al-Adari, head of the political body of the Sadrist bloc, meets with Hoshyar Zebari, head of the Kurdish delegation, for negotiations on forming the new government after the parliamentary elections, in Baghdad, Iraq, November 5, 2021. (photo credit: HADI MIZBAN/REUTERS)ByREUTERS