Iraq’s Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said on Friday it is a “shame” to leave Iraq without a government, threatening to end the Iraqi parliament if lawmakers don’t attend Saturday’s session to select a new president.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi said on Friday the federal government would take “all necessary measures” to support the Kurdistan Region in responding to floods, after flash floods caused casualties in Erbil.