Add TNIE As A Trusted Source BAGHDAD: Iraq's parliament voted Saturday to elect Nizar Amidi, a political official with one of the country's two main Kurdish parties, as president, five months after a parliamentary election that didn't produce a bloc with a decisive majority. His election comes as I»»»

Iraq's Parliament Speaker Haibet al-Halbousi (right) congratulates new President Nizar Amidi (left) after an election in in Baghdad, Saturday. (AP-Yonhap) BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s parliament voted Saturday to elect Nizar Amidi, a political official with one of the country’s two main Kurdish parties, a»»»

3 Middle East War Escalation: Iraq’s parliament has elected Kurdish politician Nizar Amidi as the country’s new president, marking a significant political change in a time of instability in the region and the vote comes five months after parliamentary elections failed to produce a decisive majority»»»

Baghdad: Iraq's parliament voted Saturday to elect Nizar Amidi, a political official with one of the country's two main Kurdish parties, as president, five months after a parliamentary election that didn't produce a bloc with a decisive majority. His election comes as Iraq is reeling from the fallo»»»