Dec 1st, 2008 · Iraq's prime minister Nouri al-Maliki is the longest serving leader in Iraq since Saddam Hussein. Juan Cole, professor of modern Middle East history at the University of Michigan, discusses what al-Maliki's strong leadership means for U.S.-Iraqi relations.
Apr 23rd, 2008 · Iraq's prime minister, long criticized as weak, overly sectarian and indecisive, has used the crackdown on Muqtada al-Sadr's militia to strengthen and improve his political position. A key Sunni bloc has declared it will soon re-join Nouri al-Maliki's Shiite-led government, and Sadr, the anti-American cleric, appears more politically isolated than ever.
Aug 24th, 2007 · Ayad Allawi, the former Iraqi prime minister and rival of current prime minister Nouri al-Maliki, is reportedly working with Washington lobbyists to push his own agenda. He wrote last week in The Washington Post that al-Maliki should be replaced.
Jan 14th, 2007 · Host John Ydstie speaks with Khaled al-Dakheel, a political sociologist at King Saud University in Riyadh about Arab reaction to President Bush's new Iraq plan, and their confidence in the Iraqi government of Nouri al-Maliki.
Nov 30th, 2006 · Iraq's prime minister says he thinks his country's forces will be ready to take full control of Iraq's security by next June. Nouri al-Maliki and President Bush discussed the issue at their meeting earlier today in Jordan. NPR's David Greene reports.
Nov 13th, 2006 · A bombing on a bus in Baghdad kills 16 and wounds 20, one day after 35 police recruits were killed when two suicide bombers blew themselves up outside a police station in Baghdad. In the face of such instability, Iraq's Shiite prime minister Nouri al-Maliki is promising to shake-up his cabinet.
Jul 26th, 2006 · Nearly every member of Congress turned out today to hear the Iraqi prime minister report on progress in his country. But many noted Nouri al-Maliki's failure to note the sectarian warfare that has forced U.S. troops to fortify Baghdad -- or to mention his support for Hezbollah, Israel's adversary in southern Lebanon.
Jun 4th, 2006 · Iraq's prime minister Nouri al-Maliki misses Sunday's deadline and fails to select the last three ministers for his national unity government. A parliamentary session to ratify the names was postponed. As the politicians squabble, 36 more Iraqis die in violence around the nation -- most of them were shot.