Choice of al-Zaidi breaks a months-long deadlock after Trump opposed appointment of pro-Iran former PM al-Maliki.
Ismail Qaani’s visit came at the request of PM al-Sudani amid internal divisions in the Shia parliamentary bloc.
In July 2020, the assassination of Hisham al-Hashimi sent shock waves throughout Iraq. In the weeks before he was gunned down in his car while pulling up to his home, the prominent counterterrorism ...