The FP guide to the Iraqi elections

Can’t keep your Sunnis straight from your Shiites? Confused by Iraq’s bewildering array of coalitions and political parties? FP is here to help with this definitive briefing on the personalities and politics behind these historic parliamentary elections. Read the article. Related: The Iraqi Candidate Who Killed My Father, By Ali Al-Saffar

By , Middle East editor at Foreign Policy from 2013-2018.
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Can’t keep your Sunnis straight from your Shiites? Confused by Iraq’s bewildering array of coalitions and political parties? FP is here to help with this definitive briefing on the personalities and politics behind these historic parliamentary elections.

Read the article.

Related: The Iraqi Candidate Who Killed My Father, By Ali Al-Saffar

David Kenner was Middle East editor at Foreign Policy from 2013-2018.

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