Turnout low as Iraqis vote in first elections since the defeat of Islamic State

BAGHDAD_Iraqis voted Saturday in elections to determine the country's post-Islamic State future after a four-year war to defeat the jihadist group.

Few surprises were expected in the battle for 329 parliamentary seats. With almost 7,000 candidates, many of them newcomers, it is expected that familiar faces will win. Those political figures have managed - or mismanaged,