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Iraq
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Change or continuity? What a new president means for Iraq

The position of Iraq's president is largely ceremonial, but might that balance begin to shift under Nizar Amidi's tenure?

Winthrop Rodgers
21 April, 2026
Catherine Connolly is known for her strong support for the Palestinian cause
Ireland
World
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Pro-Palestine Irish president-elect called Israel 'terror state'

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
26 October, 2025
Kemal Kilicdaroglu
Turkey
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Turkish opposition agrees on candidate Kemal Kilicdaroglu

The New Arab Staff
07 March, 2023
Lebanon
MENA
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Lebanon MPs fail to fill vacant presidency for 9th time

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
08 December, 2022
Lebanon parliament postpones session on electing new president
Lebanon
MENA
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Lebanon MPs fail to elect a president for the sixth time

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
17 November, 2022
Israel
MENA
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Israeli President Isaac Herzog plans first visit to Bahrain

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
17 November, 2022
Lebanon
MENA
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Lebanese house speaker Berri cancels dialogue on president

William Christou
02 November, 2022
Lebanon
MENA
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Crisis-hit Lebanon faces power vacuum without president

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
01 November, 2022
Michel Aoun
MENA
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Aoun says Lebanon could slide into 'constitutional chaos'

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
29 October, 2022
Iraq
MENA
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Abdel Latif Rashid elected president of Iraq

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 October, 2022
Lebanon parliament speaker
Lebanon
MENA
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Lebanon set to hold session to elect new president

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
27 September, 2022
Kenya election results
Kenya
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Kenya: Odinga takes the lead in presidential race

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 August, 2022
India
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India elects first President from tribal community

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
21 July, 2022
Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka parliament to vote to replace president who fled abroad

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
20 July, 2022
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka: State of emergency renewed ahead of key vote

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 July, 2022
Droupadi Murmu,
India
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India: Parliament begins voting for new president

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
18 July, 2022
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Tunisia
MENA
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Tunisia: Opposition renews call for referendum boycott

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
11 July, 2022
Pakistan
World
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Pakistan ex-president Musharraf critically ill in Dubai

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
11 June, 2022
Iraq
MENA
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Iraq parliament announce list of 33 presidential candidates

The New Arab Staff
23 February, 2022
Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Germany
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German president set to be elected for second term

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
13 February, 2022
Hoshyar Zebari
Iraq
MENA
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Iraq court suspends Hoshyar Zebari from presidential race

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
06 February, 2022