The dissolution of Iraq’s Parliament and the holding of early elections were called for by Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Wednesday. In a televised speech, al-Sadr said, “There will be no
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A call by the head of a rival group for dialogue was rejected by the movement of Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, amid rising tensions across the country. Amid protests by supporters
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On Saturday, following the breaching of its building by supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr, the parliament speaker announced that Iraq’s parliament session was suspended. Mohammed al-Halbousi said the country is going through difficult
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Within 72 hours, loyalists of firebrand Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr pulled down the walls of the heavily fortified Green Zone, home to Iraq’s government buildings and foreign embassies, twice. Moreover, they stormed
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According to state media, an open sit-in protest started by supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr inside the parliament on Saturday after they breached the building in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone. Ibrahim
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Shia cleric and leader of Iraq’s Sadrist Movement, Muqtada al-Sadr, is expected to thwart the candidacy of Mohammed al-Sudani as the country’s next prime minister, according to observers. Coordination Framework, a Shia
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One day after the resignation of lawmakers loyal to firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, a coalition of Iran-backed Shia parties said on Monday it will continue talks for the formation of a new
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In an apparent bid to end eight months of political deadlock, lawmakers from Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s bloc resigned from Iraq’s parliament on Sunday. Over the failure to form a new government
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According to the official Iraqi news agency, due to the failure to form a new government in Iraq, Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr on Thursday called on his parliamentary bloc members to resign
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A few days ago, Iraq witnessed angry crowds storming, burning and destroying most of the mosques and offices of representatives of the Shiite cleric Mahmoud al-Sarkhi in the provinces of central and
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