Members of Iraqi security forces and displaced people living in camps, including , cast their ballots Sunday in early voting ahead of this week’s .
The election, which will help determine whether Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani gets a second term, comes against the backdrop of fears of another , and Iraq’s balancing act with Tehran and Washington.

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