Third coalition arises in Iraq to vie for Sunni leadership
Former Iraqi Vice President Osama al-Nujaifi has formed a new Sunni coalition in Iraq, but the "alliance" seems to indicate further division in Sunni political ranks.
![IRAQ-SECURITY/ Osama al-Nujaifi (R), speaker of the Iraqi Council of Representatives, and Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister Rose Nuri Shaways sit as they attend a session at the parliament headquarters in Baghdad July 1, 2014. Sunnis and Kurds abandoned the first meeting of Iraq's new parliament on Tuesday after Shi'ites failed to name a prime minister to replace al-Maliki, wrecking hopes that a unity government would be swiftly built to save Iraq from collapse. Parliament is not likely to meet again for at least a week, leavi](/https/www.al-monitor.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2019/09/RTR3WNCM.jpg/RTR3WNCM.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=DjMySKO8)
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