Iraq’s president calls for early elections to end political crisis
INTERNATIONAL Iraqi President Barham Saleh on Tuesday encouraged early legislative elections to settle a political crisis that escalated into deadly clashes this week, leaving dozens dead and hundreds more wounded. Early elections, less than a year after the last polls, have been a key demand of the influential Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, whose supporters battled state security forces during violence that started on Monday. "Holding new, early elections in accordance […]
