Iraq tensions soar as thousands join counter-rally against parliament occupation
Issued on: 01/08/2022 – 22:51 Thousands of demonstrators opposed to Iraq’s powerful cleric Moqtada al-Sadr staged a protest on Monday at the edge of Baghdad’s...
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Iraqi cleric Sadr calls for wider protest as supporters occupy parliament
Issued on: 01/08/2022 – 01:24 Powerful Iraqi Shiite preacher Moqtada Sadr Sunday urged other factions to support a protest that has seen his followers occupy...
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Iraqi cleric Sadr’s supporters protest in Baghdad days after storming parliament
Issued on: 30/07/2022 – 10:32 Thousands of supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr protested Saturday in a new show of strength three days after...
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Pro-Sadr demonstrators storm parliament in Iraq’s Green Zone
Issued on: 27/07/2022 – 19:36 Supporters of powerful Iraqi cleric Moqtada Sadr on Wednesday stormed parliament after penetrating the capital’s high-security government Green Zone, protesting...
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Secret recordings deepen political crisis in Iraq
The Iraqi political scene has been ablaze for the past 72 hours due to the emergence of recordings attributed to Nuri al-Maliki, the ex-Iraqi PM, in which he...
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Iraqis await Sadr bloc’s next move after mass resignation from parliament
Issued on: 18/06/2022 – 14:03Modified: 18/06/2022 – 15:50 A political crisis is deepening in Iraq, with a new government still unformed eight months after legislative elections....
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Iraqi MPs from Sadr’s bloc resign in bid to end months of political paralysis
Issued on: 15/06/2022 – 13:12 This week, Iraq was plunged into more political uncertainty. Lawmakers from the parliamentary bloc of powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr resigned en masse at their...
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Six months on from elections, Iraqis frustrated by political deadlock
Issued on: 19/04/2022 – 11:08 Six months on from elections that failed to deliver a new president or prime minister, Iraq remains in a state of...
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Iraq’s lawmakers set to elect president after months of political standstill
Issued on: 26/03/2022 – 12:01 Iraqi lawmakers on Saturday are scheduled once again to elect the country’s president and try to overcome months of political...
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Sadr bloc vies for control in Iraq political negotiations
Issued on: 18/01/2022 – 02:17Modified: 18/01/2022 – 06:42 Three months after Iraq’s parliamentary elections, the Sadrist movement is seeking to leverage its plurality of votes...
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Iraq’s Sadr bloc confirmed as biggest winner of October parliamentary vote
Issued on: 30/11/2021 – 16:43 Iraq’s Shiite Muslim firebrand cleric Moqtada Sadr was Tuesday confirmed the biggest winner of last month’s parliamentary election that had...
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Pro-Iran parties denounce ‘scam’ after Iraq election setback
Issued on: 13/10/2021 – 10:11Modified: 13/10/2021 – 10:12 Two days after Iraq’s legislative election, pro-Iranian Shiite Muslim parties and armed groups on Tuesday denounced early...