Iraq’s president appointed Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi as prime minister on Saturday after parties failed to name a candidate nearly two months after Adel Abdul-Mahdi was ousted by mass protests, Global News reports.
In his first address, Allawi said he would hold early internationally-monitored elections.
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