Maliki’s Candidacy Sparks US-Iran Proxy Conflict in Iraq

Five Potential Possibilities for Iraq’s Government Amid Iran-US Tensions Three days after former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki was selected by the "coordination framework" to form a new government on January 24, 2026, US President Donald Trump posted a tweet on TruthSocial denouncing al-Maliki's nomination and threatening that “That should not be ...