Opposition within Shia coalition and US threats hinder Nouri al-Maliki’s path to becoming Iraq’s next prime minister.
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What Nuri al-Maliki’s Iraqi comeback means for the US

The revival of Iraq’s most polarizing Shia leader signals Iran’s intent to set the terms of engagement with the Donald Trump ...
Iraq’s dominant political bloc has nominated former prime minister Nouri al-Maliki as its candidate for prime minister.
Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has expressed defiance after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to withdraw ...
The President said the U.S. will stop supporting Iraq if the country’s ex-PM al-Maliki returns to power.
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Nuri al-Maliki is the last thing Iraq needs

The last time Nuri al-Maliki was in power, corruption, mismanagement, extremism, and Iran ruled the roost in Iraq.
Former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki accused the US of interfering in Iraq’s internal affairs after President Donald ...
Maliki's bid for Iraqi PM role as Secretary of State Marco Rubio expresses concerns about pro-Tehran government seizing ...
A former Prime Minister and the current chief of the Islamic Dawa party, al-Maliki began his political career opposing former ...
President Donald Trump will withhold aid to Iraq if the parliament elects former Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki to return as ...
Trump says if former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is reelected, the U.S. "will no longer help Iraq." Here's what's behind ...
Nouri Al-Maliki says Iraq will not abandon the constitutional right of the largest bloc to form the government, stressing sovereignty and democratic choice.