Iraq Crisis: Deputy Parliament Speaker Abadi named Prime Minister

2014-08-11 3

We focus on the crisis in Iraq, with divisions deep and ISIS militants still on the offensive. On the political front, Iraq’s president has snubbed the much-criticised incumbent Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and asked another man, Haidar al-Abadi, to take over that job and form a new unity government. We take a look at what this all means for the country and the region.



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