Iraqi MPs to meet in new bid to elect president, end deadlock
Issued on: 13/10/2022 – 10:34 Lawmakers in crisis-hit Iraq are set to meet Thursday for their fourth attempt this year to elect a new state...
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Moqtada al-Sadr’s moment? Iraqi cleric in show of force against Shiite rivals
Issued on: 30/08/2022 – 20:13 As quickly as Baghdad erupted, Moqtada al-Sadr’s supporters went home. All it took was a word from the leader a...
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Who are the rival Shiite politicians vying to fill Iraq’s political vacuum?
Ten months after the October 2021 parliamentary elections, Iraq is still mired in a political impasse that turned deadly Monday after Moqtada al-Sadr announced his resignation...
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Iraqi cleric Sadr calls for an end to protests over his resignation from politics
Issued on: 30/08/2022 – 10:01 Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called on his followers to stop protesting Tuesday after violent clashes between rival Shiite Muslim groups...
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Deadly clashes in Baghdad after Sadr announces plans to resign
Eight supporters of Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr were killed and 85 others wounded Monday after clashes broke out in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone, medics told...
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Iraq political crisis deepens: Sadr supporters demand dissolution of parliament
Issued on: 23/08/2022 – 18:49Modified: 23/08/2022 – 20:15 Iraq’s judiciary suspended work on August 23 after supporters of powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr camped out...
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Shiite cleric Sadr’s supporters launch sit-in outside top Iraq judicial body
Issued on: 23/08/2022 – 13:20Modified: 23/08/2022 – 13:24 Several hundred supporters of Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr launched a sit-in outside Iraq’s top judicial body on...
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Who are the Shiite politicians vying to rule Iraq amid its political impasse?
Majority-Shiite Iraq has been paralysed by political gridlock for nearly a year. Tensions are mounting between two powerful Shiite factions: one loyal to nationalist cleric Moqtada al-Sadr,...
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Political standoff continues as rival Shiite blocs rally
Issued on: 12/08/2022 – 20:33 Opponents of populist Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr launched their own Baghdad sit-in Friday two weeks after al-Sadr supporters stormed parliament...
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Is Iraq’s political chaos spreading to the Kurdistan region?
Iraqi Kurdistan, the autonomous zone considered a haven of stability in a war-torn country, has been roiled in recent days by political tensions. A violent...
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Iraq cleric Sadr urges judiciary to dissolve parliament by end of next week
Issued on: 10/08/2022 – 16:25 Powerful Iraqi Shi’ite Muslim cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Wednesday called on the country’s judiciary to dissolve parliament by end of...
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Powerful Iraqi cleric calls for early elections as political crisis escalates
Issued on: 03/08/2022 – 23:45 Influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr told followers Wednesday to continue their sit-in inside Iraq’s government zone, and called for the...