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Iraq’s top judicial body says it doesnt have the authority to dissolve the country’s parliament

BAGHDAD: Iraq’s judiciary said Sunday it lacks the authority to dissolve parliament as demanded by populist Shiite Muslim cleric Moqtada Sadr, who is engaged in an escalating standoff with political rivals. Followers of Sadr, in defiance of his Shiite rivals of the pro-Iran Coordination Framework, have been staging a sit-in protest at Iraq’s parliament. In the latest twist to

Opponents of populist Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr launched their own Baghdad sit-in Friday.

BAGHDAD (AP) — Supporters of Iran-backed Shiite groups rallied in Baghdad on Friday to denounce their rivals, followers of an influential Shiite cleric who…

Followers of cleric Muqtada al-Sadr hold sit-in outside government building while Iran-backed groups rally in Baghdad

Protesters associated with the Sadrist trend in Iraq this week began an open-ended sit-in at the Iraqi parliament. The immediate cause of the protests is the deadlock that has gripped the political system since the parliamentary elections held last

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Opponents of populist Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr launched their own sit-in in Baghdad on Friday, nearly two weeks after Sadr supporters stormed parliament and

The Coordination Framework is an umbrella bloc of Iraqi Shia parties united mostly by their opposition to the Sadrist movement.

Supporters of Iran-backed factions hold protest in Baghdad to denounce followers of cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, as jockeying for power has left country in political limbo