Hadi al-Amiri appointed “czar” of Basra
The prime minister has tapped Amiri - the paramilitary commander-turned-political maverick - to coordinate an array of urgent initiatives in Iraq's oil capital.
Then-Oil Minister Adil Abd al-Mahdi, center, speaking to reporters on March 20, 2015, near the Hamrin oil field, alongside Badr Organization head Hadi al-Amiri after the latter's force helped retake areas around the Ajil and Hamrin oil fields. (Source: Oil Ministry media office)
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