(12 May 2018) Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi cast his vote in Baghdad on Saturday in the first national election since the declaration of victory over the Islamic State group.
After weeks of official campaigning, no clear front-runner has emerged as al-Abadi faces stiff competition from political parties with closer ties to Iran.
After IS overran nearly a third of Iraq in the summer of 2014, the group launched waves of suicide bombings targeting civilians in Baghdad and other pockets of government-controlled territory.
With support from the US-led coalition and Iran, al-Abadi oversaw a grueling war against the extremists and declared victory over the group in December.
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