Iraq Situation Report: August 14, 2014
August 14, 2014 - Institute for the Study of War![](https://understandingwar.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumb-wide/public/2014-08-14%20Situation%20Report.png%20High-01_0.png?itok=QwxYGMNN)
Nouri al-Maliki announced he would step down and support Haider al-Abadi’s nomination as Prime Minister, ending the political crisis that intensified on August 10, 2014 and existentially threatened Iraq’s political system.