Iraqi citizens voted for members of a new parliament, May 12, 2018. It was the first such election since Islamic State militants were driven out of the cities, towns and villages inhabited by millions of people.
Iraqis Head to Polls
- By VOA News
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Payman Salih, her daughters and her husband, Sanger Abuzaid, say they hope the vote will signify an abrupt change in government policies impacting their region, May 12, 2018, in Irbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. (H. Murdock/VOA)
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An elderly woman heads to a voting station in Sulaymaniya, Iraqi Kurdistan Region, May 12, 2018. (R. Majeed/VOA)
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Political monitors at pictured at the Shirin voting station in Sulaymaniya, Iraqi Kurdistan Region, May 12, 2018. (R. Majeed/VOA)
