Baghdad in political, diplomatic push amid battlefield stalemate
Iraq was closer to breaking months of political limbo Thursday after a deal on the post of president paved the way for the formation of a new government./ The breakthrough came hours before a meeting in Baghdad between UN chief Ban Ki-moon and Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, whose government has complained it was not receiving adequate foreign support to battle jihadist-led insurgents. The embattled premier has talked tough since the Islamic State (IS) and allied Sunni groups overran huge swathes of land last month, plunging Iraq into a ...
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