Iraq's Shia parties are putting aside their differences to ally in the next parliament, giving them the majority they need to form a government.
Kurdish parties have said they will join the Shia parties if they unite, meaning Iraq's political landscape could once again be dominated by a Shia-Kurd alliance; an outcome that will dissapoint many Sunnis who had hoped this election would bring change.
Al Jazeera's Zeina Khodr reports from Baghdad.
