Iraq’s new prime minister Ali al-Zaidi (FB Iraqi Prime Minister Media Office) By RAJA ABDULRAHIM and FALIH HASSAN Iraq’s new prime minister has met with significant resistance as he attempts to bring the Iran-backed militias in his country under state control, after intense pressure from the Trump administration to rein in the armed groups. Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi came to power in late April, shortly after the United States suspended shipments of dollars to Iraq that it had earned from…
