Try refreshing your browser, or Iraqis to vote in ballot marked by growing social and political fractures Back to videoAdvertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content And as the United States seeks to disengage, Iran retains deep influence in one of the region’s main oil-producing nations. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Shi’ite militia groups backed by Iran are facing off at the polls against other Shi’ite armed groups that oppose Iran’s influence. Article content Fractures have also hit Iraq’s northern Sunni provinces and in its autonomous Kurdistan region.

Source: National Post September 28, 2021 08:02 UTC