BAGHDAD: Journalists live for the unexpected especially in Iraq, where events can overtake a carefully planned interview before it even begins. I had requested a meeting with Iraq’s new prime minister, Ali al-Zaidi, who emerged after a prolonged political contest involving two of his predecessors, Nouri al-Maliki and Mohammed Shia al-Sudani. The interview was scheduled for June 28th, so I arrived in Baghdad the day before. As it turned out, the timing could not have been better. When al-Zaidi took office, I wondered whether he had made the biggest mistake of his life.

ALBAWABA -Ali Al-Zaidi, Iraq’s new and youngest PM ever, has begun a battle against corruption - making the first move by seizing $86 million in cash al

Security services enter the fortified Green Zone in Baghdad as the new prime minister steps up action to tackle the problem

Al Zaidi says 'no immunity' for any corrupt official and pledges to chase those who 'steal the money of orphans and the poor'

BAGHDAD: Journalists live for the unexpected especially in Iraq, where events can overtake a carefully planned interview before it even begins. I had requested a meeting with…