00:00And in other news, U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to withdraw all support to Iraq if former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is elected back to power.
00:11Trump's warning comes after the Shiite Coordination Framework Coalition, which holds a majority in the nation's parliament,
00:19officially nominated al-Maliki as his candidate to lead the next government.
00:24According to analysts, Washington's main concern is al-Maliki's closeness to Iran.
00:28Iraq's parliament was scheduled to elect a new president on January 27,
00:33but the vote was postponed to allow for more consultations between the two Kurdish parties to agree on a candidate.
00:41The newly elected president will then task the Prime Ministerial nominee from the largest parliamentary bloc with forming a government within 15 days.
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