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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On Saturday, for the second time in a week, supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr stormed the Iraqi parliament building in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone as they were protesting the nomination of
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A former parliamentarian said on Saturday that the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) has asked for clarifications about the questioning of Ennahda leader Rached Ghannouchi by Tunisian authorities. The IPU’s Human Rights Committee requested
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The final readings of a bill to dissolve the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, was passed by Israeli lawmakers on Thursday, paving the way for snap elections scheduled for November 1. With no opposition,
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On Wednesday, Kuwait’s Crown Prince Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah dissolved the country’s parliament and called for early elections. In a televised statement, the crown prince said, “Based on our constitutional rights, we
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In advance of early elections in October, the Knesset (Israel’s Parliament) voted on a bill to dissolve itself on Wednesday. 110 MPs voted in favor of the measure on Wednesday. Next week
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On Monday, state media reported that a bill was agreed upon by Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid to be submitted next week for the dissolution of the
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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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The Israeli government has failed to adopt a law that would renew and protect the legal status of illegal Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, a major setback for the weak
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