BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The Iraqi parliament passed legislation Saturday that would pave the way for some members of Saddam Hussein's Baath party to return to public life, an Iraqi lawmaker told CNN.

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leader Jalal Talabani (1933 - 2017), Mohammed underscored. The office is chaired by Qubad Talabani who is also a senior member of the PUK. Additionally, the Sulaimani municipality will assign a ...

The PUK had grappled for years over who would succeed the late party leader and Iraqi president Jalal Talabani, who died in October 2017. Eventually, Bafel Talabani, the son of the late Talabani ...

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN)-- Iraq's president has rejected the recently passed provincial elections law, his office said on Wednesday -- a move that appears to doom what has been touted as all-important ...