Iraq's elite rallies around Iran-backed plan to hang on to power
Iraq’s ruling parties appear to have rallied behind a strategy, blessed by Iran, to try to survive a mass anti-government uprising by containing protests on the streets of Baghdad while offering a package of political reforms and elections next year./ Demonstrators run from tear gas thrown by Iraqi security forces during the ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq November 12, 2019. REUTERS/Thaier al-Sudani/ But the proposed solution involves keeping in power a ruling elite that Iran has cultivated for years - unlikely to placate ...
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